title: Chlamydial and gonococcal serology in women with tubal infertility.
abstract: Sera from 81 infertile women with tubal pathology and 40 controls were tested for the presence of antibodies against Chlamydia trachomatis & Neisserria gonorrhoeae. Indirect immunoperoxidase test (Ipazyme kit) & Enzyme linked immuno sorbent assay (ELISA kit) were used for detection of chlamydial & gonococcal antibodies respectively. Antibodies to Ch. trachomatis were found in 74.07% of the infertile women and 5% in control group. Only a very low prevalence (4.93%) of antibodies to N. gonorrhoeae was found is infertile women as compared to nil in control group. Antibodies detection is a sensitive, specific and noninvasive test for diagnosing infertility.
authors.affiliation: LLRM Medical College, Meerut.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tyagi
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005186:Fallopian Tube Patency Tests; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007194:India; D007246:Infertility / Q000382:microbiology*; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012488:Salpingitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D012698:Serologic Tests