title: The incidence of Chlamydia trachomatis in women with urethral syndrome.
abstract: The objective of this study was to discover the incidence of Chlamydia trachomatis in women with urethral syndrome. A total of 102 patients included in this study were divided into two groups: group 1 comprised 63 women suffering from painful urination and frequency, with no organisms seen on Gram stain or isolated in routine urine culture; group 2 consisted of 39 women with no complaints. Chlamydia antigen was found to be positive in 24 patient samples (38%) in group 1 and in four patient samples (11%) in group 2. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (p = 0.0435). There was also a weak correlation between Chlamydia antigens and finding more than 10 polymorphonuclear leucocytes in the Gram stains (r = 0.02364).
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Disease, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mutlu
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mutlu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yücesoy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013577:Syndrome; D014522:Urethral Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*