Asymptomatic chlamydia during pregnancy.
Data were collected by certified nurse midwives during routine antepartum visits for 111 low-income women. There was a significant difference between the incidence of chlamydia n = 25 (22.5%) and gonorrhea n = 2 (1.8%), Z-score = 4.7; p less than .01. If current practices for selective screening were used 19 of the 25 women who had a positive chlamydia would not have been tested. Given the complications associated with chlamydia for women and their offspring, early detection, treatment, and education programs are justified.
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College of Nursing, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208.
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D001741:Black or African American; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011295:Prenatal Care; D012847:Single Person