Title: Are chlamydial infections the most prevalent venereal disease?

POPLINE Document Number: 018241

Author(s):

Schachter J
Hanna L
Hill EC
Massad S
Sheppard CW
Conte JE Jr
Cohen SN
Meyer KF

Source citation:

Jama, 1975 Mar 24;231(12):1252-5.

Abstract:

We studied 2 populations (more than 1600 patients) to determine the prevalence and clinical associations of genital tract infections with chlamydiae and herpesviruses. Baseline isolation rates for asymptomatic women having routine pelvic examinations were much lower than rates for symptomatic women. In both groups, chlamydiae were more prevalent than herpesviruses. Chlamydial infection was associated much more commonly with cervicitis (36.6%) than with vaginitis only (4.1%). Among 282 symptomatic men, the cultures of 19.9% yielded chlamydiae, and 4.3% herpesviruses. Chlamydiae were recovered from 35.5% (27 of 76) of specimens from men with nongonococcal urethritis, and from an even larger proportion, 57% (24 of 42) of the specimens from men with frank discharge. (author's modified)

Keywords:

Pelvic Infections
Prevalence
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Histology
Laboratory Procedures
Treatment
Infections
Diseases
Measurement
Research Methodology
Reproductive Tract Infections
Biology
Laboratory Examinations and Diagnoses
Examinations and Diagnoses