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Genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Egyptian women: incidence among different clinical risk groups
M el-Shourbagy1, K Abd-el-Maeboud, K M Diab
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ain Shams Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt.
Objective:
To investigate genital Chlamydial infection incidence among high risk clinical conditions in Egyptian women.
Methods:
A case control study in Ain Shams University Hospital involving 501 patients with cervicitis (n = 58), abnormal cervical smear (n = 256), tubal infertility (n = 85), ectopic pregnancy (n = 22), preterm labour (n = 80) and 192 controls. Active cervical Chlamydial infection was diagnosed using direct immunofluorescent technique. Data were analyzed by Chi-square (chi 2) and Z tests.
Results:
Significant increase of Chlamydial infection among different clinical conditions compared to controls. The percentage of positive chlamydial infection was 79.3% among cervicitis group, 33.3% among subjects with inflammatory smear, 75.2% among those with cervical condyloma, 82.6% among those with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, 51.8% among tubal infertility subjects, 77.2% among ectopic patients and 56.3% among subjects with preterm labour.
Conclusion:
The incidence of Chlamydial infection in these high risk Egyptian patients is relatively high. Emperical treatment is recommended as the diagnosis is costly and usually not available.