Prevalencia de infección cervical por Chlamydia trachomatis en mujeres de la Región Metropolitana

Background: Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) worídwide. In women, chlamydia infections are 75% asymptomatic and can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and ectopic pregnancy. Infants exposed to the microorganism at birth also have...

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Autores principales:	Martínez T,María Angélica, Reid S,Iván, Arias,Cecilia, Napolitano R,Cayetano, Sandoval Z,Jorge, Molina C,Ramiro
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2008
Materias:	Chlamydia trachomatis Vaginitis Vaginosis, bacterial
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720080010000092009-01-15Prevalencia de infección cervical por Chlamydia trachomatis en mujeres de la Región MetropolitanaMartínez T,María AngélicaReid S,IvánArias,CeciliaNapolitano R,CayetanoSandoval Z,JorgeMolina C,Ramiro Chlamydia trachomatis Vaginitis Vaginosis, bacterial Background: Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) worídwide. In women, chlamydia infections are 75% asymptomatic and can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and ectopic pregnancy. Infants exposed to the microorganism at birth also have a high risk to develop conjunctivitis and pneumonía. Aim: To determine the prevalence of C trachomatis in women in the Metropolitan área of Santiago (Chile). Patients and methods: Cervical specimens were collected from 403 women attending three gynecological outpatient settings from Apríl 2003 to June 2005. These included one public hospital (n =100), a prívate medical center (n =268), and a clinic for adolescents (n =35). Mean ages ofeach group of patients were 35.6±8,2, 33.4±8.1 and 16.9±4.2 years, respectively. The diagnosis of C trachomatis was performed by the amplification byPCRofa 517-base pair segment of the cryptic plasmid on specimens extracted by a commercial procedure. Positive specimens were conñrmed by nested PCRs targeting the ompl gene. The presence of vaginal infections and its association with C trachomatis was investigated in a subset of 223 women ofthe prívate center. Residís: C trachomatis was detected in the cervix of 19 out of 403 women, resulting in a prevalence of 4.7%. The distribution of positive cases among different age groups was not significantly different. Women presenting with bacterial vaginosis had a significantly higher prevalence of C trachomatis infection (p <0.01). Conclusions: This study found a high prevalence of C trachomatis among gynecologic patients that should prompt preventive strategies.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.136 n.10 20082008-10-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872008001000009es10.4067/S0034-98872008001000009
institution	Scielo Chile
collection	Scielo Chile
language	Spanish / Castilian
topic	Chlamydia trachomatis Vaginitis Vaginosis, bacterial
spellingShingle	Chlamydia trachomatis Vaginitis Vaginosis, bacterial Martínez T,María Angélica Reid S,Iván Arias,Cecilia Napolitano R,Cayetano Sandoval Z,Jorge Molina C,Ramiro Prevalencia de infección cervical por Chlamydia trachomatis en mujeres de la Región Metropolitana
description	Background: Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI) worídwide. In women, chlamydia infections are 75% asymptomatic and can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and ectopic pregnancy. Infants exposed to the microorganism at birth also have a high risk to develop conjunctivitis and pneumonía. Aim: To determine the prevalence of C trachomatis in women in the Metropolitan área of Santiago (Chile). Patients and methods: Cervical specimens were collected from 403 women attending three gynecological outpatient settings from Apríl 2003 to June 2005. These included one public hospital (n =100), a prívate medical center (n =268), and a clinic for adolescents (n =35). Mean ages ofeach group of patients were 35.6±8,2, 33.4±8.1 and 16.9±4.2 years, respectively. The diagnosis of C trachomatis was performed by the amplification byPCRofa 517-base pair segment of the cryptic plasmid on specimens extracted by a commercial procedure. Positive specimens were conñrmed by nested PCRs targeting the ompl gene. The presence of vaginal infections and its association with C trachomatis was investigated in a subset of 223 women ofthe prívate center. Residís: C trachomatis was detected in the cervix of 19 out of 403 women, resulting in a prevalence of 4.7%. The distribution of positive cases among different age groups was not significantly different. Women presenting with bacterial vaginosis had a significantly higher prevalence of C trachomatis infection (p <0.01). Conclusions: This study found a high prevalence of C trachomatis among gynecologic patients that should prompt preventive strategies.
author	Martínez T,María Angélica Reid S,Iván Arias,Cecilia Napolitano R,Cayetano Sandoval Z,Jorge Molina C,Ramiro
author_facet	Martínez T,María Angélica Reid S,Iván Arias,Cecilia Napolitano R,Cayetano Sandoval Z,Jorge Molina C,Ramiro
author_sort	Martínez T,María Angélica
title	Prevalencia de infección cervical por Chlamydia trachomatis en mujeres de la Región Metropolitana
title_short	Prevalencia de infección cervical por Chlamydia trachomatis en mujeres de la Región Metropolitana
title_full	Prevalencia de infección cervical por Chlamydia trachomatis en mujeres de la Región Metropolitana
title_fullStr	Prevalencia de infección cervical por Chlamydia trachomatis en mujeres de la Región Metropolitana
title_full_unstemmed	Prevalencia de infección cervical por Chlamydia trachomatis en mujeres de la Región Metropolitana
title_sort	prevalencia de infección cervical por chlamydia trachomatis en mujeres de la región metropolitana
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2008
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872008001000009
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Prevalencia de infección cervical por Chlamydia trachomatis en mujeres de la Región Metropolitana

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