title: Role of intracellular infections in premature childbirth.
abstract: Vaginal Smear taken by sterile Folkman spoon from 15 women with premature birth was studied. The study was performed by the direct immune fluorescence method with the luminescence microscope. We aimed to study the effect of intracellular infections: ureaplasma urealitikum, mycoplasma hominis, Chlamydia trachomatis, herpes simplex virus of I and II type and cytomegalovirus. Intracellular infections were detected in at about 82% of cases, which included mono infections with cytomegalovirus and in 9 cases in the form of bi-component associations. The obtained results may be interesting from the etiologic point of view of premature births in Georgian population.
authors.affiliation: Tbilisi State Medical Academy, Acad. K.Chachava Research Institute of Perinatal Medicine and Obstetrics, Tbilisi, Georgia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zurabishvili
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mamamtavrishvili
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Apridonidze
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shanidze
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D042541:Intracellular Space / Q000382:microbiology*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*