A prospective study of Chlamydia trachomatis infection following legal abortion.
In a prospective study, 288 women were tested for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) in the cervix prior to legal abortion. In the control group (n = 259), CT culturing was carried out only when postoperative infection was suspected. CT was isolated in 14.2% of asymptomatic women. These patients were treated preoperatively with Doxycycline. In this group, no cases of postoperative infection were detected. Among those cases where CT was not detected, 4.9% contracted the infection, while in the control group the rate of infection was 9.7%. In the control group all the infections due to CT gave late symptoms after the operation (1-4 weeks).
D000028:Abortion, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000292:Pelvic Inflammatory Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation
D004318:Doxycycline