title: Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and bacterial vaginosis in women presenting to the early pregnancy unit.
abstract: A total of 674 women attending the early pregnancy unit during the study period were offered screening with high vaginal and endocervical swabs and 516 agreed to participate in the study. The overall prevalence of chlamydia was 1.96% (95% CI 0.9-3.6). Some 10.5% were under the age of 25 years and the prevalence in this group was 1.85% (95% CI 0.05-9.9). The overall prevalence of bacterial vaginosis was 3.5% (95% CI 2.2-5.5). The prevalence of common genital infections is low in a population of women presenting to the early pregnancy unit. This is of relevance to women having surgical evacuation for miscarriage and randomised trials should be undertaken to evaluate the role of prophylactic antibiotics for such cases.
authors.affiliation: Royal Free Hospital, London, UK. meena.shankar@btinternet.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gkaras
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kadir
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Economides
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology*