title: Prevalence and genotyping ofChlamydia trachomatisin symptomatic male patients from Istanbul, Turkey.
abstract: This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and distribution of urogenitalChlamydia trachomatisgenotypes in symptomatic male patients who were referred to the clinics of the Istanbul Faculty of Medicine. Of 419 urogenital swabs, 57 samples (13.6 %) were positive forC. trachomatis. Genotype distribution ofC. trachomatis-positive samples identified five genetic variants namely genotype E as the most prevalent (36.4 %), followed by genotype G (23.6 %), H (21.8 %), D (16.4 %) and F (1.8 %). We believe that this is the first study on distribution of genotypes ofC. trachomatisgenital infections in symptomatic men in Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Department of Medical Microbiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Capa, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Muammer Osman
authors: MO
authors: Köksal
authors: Department of Medical Microbiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Capa, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Hayati
authors: H
authors: Beka
authors: Department of Medical Microbiology, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa, 34096 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Mehmet
authors: M
authors: Demirci
authors: Department of Urology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Ates
authors: A
authors: Kadioglu
authors: Department of Medical Microbiology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Capa, 34093 Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Ali
authors: A
authors: Agacfidan
authors: Institute of Virology, University of Cologne, Fürst-Pückler-Str. 56, 50935 Cologne, Germany.
authors: Baki
authors: B
authors: Akgül
keywords: Chlamydia trachomatis; Epidemiology; Genotype distribution