[Chlamydia infections in the gynecology outpatient clinic]

Chlamydia trachomatis is a common agens of non-specific genitourinary inflammatory conditions. We examined 269 female outpatients of the clinic. For 16 per cent of the patients Chlamydia trachomatis could be isolated. In these positive cases we found the following distribution: 32.5 per cent in the cervix and urethra, 60.5 per cent only in the cervix and 7 per cent only in the urethra. The clinical symptoms and importance of the disease are discussed.