title: Presence of Chlamydia trachomatis in young women in Northern Sardinia.
abstract: Chlamydia trachomatis infection is the most common sexually transmitted disease among women. The aim of this study was to determine by PCR the incidence of C. trachomatis among young women in Northern Sardinia since no studies are present in this area. The results obtained showed a moderate increase of chlamydial infection since 1997.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche, Sezione di Microbiologia Sperimentale e Clinica, Università degli Studi di Sassari, Sassari, Italy. zanettis@uniss.it
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zanetti
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Usai
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Molicotti
authors.forename: Antonella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Deriu
authors.forename: Leonardo Antonio
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Sechi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000382:microbiology; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology