Title: Chlamydial infection in cases complaining of idiopathic infertility in Port Said.

POPLINE Document Number: 277024

Author(s):

Hafez ME
El-Houssiny M
Lotfy G
Ghoneim R
Bayoumi EZ

Source citation:

Egyptian Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1999 Jan-Mar;25(1-3):135-142.

Abstract:

The role played by asymptomatic chlamydial infection in the etiology of unexplained infertility was the subject of this study which was conducted on 200 cases divided into two groups and selected from those attending the outpatient clinic and family planning clinic of El-Nasr General Hospital, in Port-Said governorate. An endocervical swab was taken with the brush technique during the post-menstrual phase of the cycle. Swabs were immediately fixed and examined for chlamydial inclusion bodies in the endocervical cells using the immuno- flourescent technique. The results of this study showed that asymptomatic chlamydial infection was encountered in 21% of cases of the control population. The difference between the two groups was statistically significant. (author's)

Keywords:

Egypt
Research Report
Clinical Research
Case Control Studies
Women in Development
Chlamydia
Infertility
Cervical Effects
Laboratory Examinations and Diagnoses
Africa, Northern
Africa
Developing Countries
Research Methodology
Studies
Economic Development
Economic Factors
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Reproductive Tract Infections
Infections
Diseases
Reproduction
Cervix
Uterus
Genitalia, Female
Genitalia
Urogenital System
Physiology
Biology
Examinations and Diagnoses