Concordance of rectal and cervical Chlamydia trachomatis OmpA genotypes infecting women in Birmingham, Alabama.
We evaluated cervical and rectal Chlamydia trachomatis OmpA genotypes isolated from 22 women in Birmingham, AL, who were infected at both sites. Two women had mixed infection at one site. Of 20 women infected with a single OmpA genotype at each site, four (20%) had discordant genotypes at these sites.
Geisler
William M
WM
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. wgeisler@uab.edu
Morrison
Sandra G
SG
Bachmann
Laura H
LH
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000407:Alabama / Q000453:epidemiology; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D012002:Rectal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000382:microbiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016585:Vaginosis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000382:microbiology
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; C078167:OMPA outer membrane proteins