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1: Int J Clin Pract. 2001 Oct;55(8):525-6.Links

The incidence of Chlamydia trachomatis in women with urethral syndrome.

Mutlu B, Mutlu N, Yücesoy G.

Department of Infectious Disease, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey.

The objective of this study was to discover the incidence of Chlamydia trachomatis in women with urethral syndrome. A total of 102 patients included in this study were divided into two groups: group 1 comprised 63 women suffering from painful urination and frequency, with no organisms seen on Gram stain or isolated in routine urine culture; group 2 consisted of 39 women with no complaints. Chlamydia antigen was found to be positive in 24 patient samples (38%) in group 1 and in four patient samples (11%) in group 2. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant (p = 0.0435). There was also a weak correlation between Chlamydia antigens and finding more than 10 polymorphonuclear leucocytes in the Gram stains (r = 0.02364).

PMID: 11695072 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]