title: Autoantibodies in patients with acute salpingitis caused by Chlamydia trachomatis.
abstract: Autoantibodies were investigated by the indirect immunofluorescence method in 10 women with salpingitis caused by Chlamydia trachomatis and in 22 controls. Smooth-muscle antibodies (SMA) of the IgG and IgM class and IgM-antinuclear antibodies (ANA) were found more frequently in patients with salpingitis than in controls (p = 0.024, p = 0.001 and p = 0.015, respectively), but the titres were low (10-80) in both groups. Other antibodies (IgG-ANA, glomerular antibodies, parietal cell antibodies and reticulin antibodies) were uncommon in both patients and in controls. An in virus and mycoplasma infections IgM-SMA occurred most often in the beginning of the disease.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000032:analysis; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000276:immunology*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000276:immunology; D012488:Salpingitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D001323:Autoantibodies