Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis in Pap Smear Samples from South Khorasan Province of Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI), leads to pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility and chronic pelvic pain in women as well as an increased risk of vertical transmission, conjunctivitis and pneumonitis in infants. It may also be a co-factor along with human papillomavirus (HPV) in cervical cancer progression. We aimed to determine the prevalence of CT genotypes in genital specimens of women from South Khorasan, Iran and to test the association between CT and cytology statistics.

Materials and methods

This was a cross-sectional study on 248 Pap smear samples from women who visited a gynecologist for routine Pap smear testing in South Khorasan province. Nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used to test

SUBMITTER: Javanmard D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5767929 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature