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Alfredo Maldonado-Barrueco1, Esther Almazán-Garate1, Onica Armijo-Suárez2
1Clinical Microbiology and Parasitology Department, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
Sexually transmitted infections are associated with gynaecological conditions, yet screening algorithms are lacking. The aim was determining the utility of endometrial specimens for chronic gynaecological diagnosis. In a retrospective cohort study of 91 patients (42.8 % CD138-positive), only 5.5 % tested were positive for Ureaplasma parvum. Endometrial STI screening was not useful in a population of low STI prevalence (<10 %), suggesting its value depends on STI prevalence.

