[Chlamydia trachomatis in cytologically diagnosed cervical dysplasia]

Chlamydia trachomatis strains were isolated from the endocervix by the Mc Coy technique in 31 (13.4%) of 232 women aged 18 to 26 years. From 213 women with a negative Papanicolaou smear, chlamydia strains were isolated in 22 (10.9%), and they were isolated in 9 (47.4%) out of 19 women with a cytologic finding of cervical dysplasia. There is a statistically significant difference in the presence of chlamydia trachomatis among women with cervical dysplasia and women with a negative cytologic finding (p less than 0.001). There was no statistically significant difference in the presence of chlamydia trachomatis among women with colpitis (29/213) and in the group of women without colpitis (2/19) (p greater than 0.05).