2014
DOI: 10.1155/2014/183167
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Chlamydia trachomatisand Genital Mycoplasmas: Pathogens with an Impact on Human Reproductive Health

Abstract: The most prevalent, curable sexually important diseases are those caused by Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) and genital mycoplasmas. An important characteristic of these infections is their ability to cause long-term sequels in upper genital tract, thus potentially affecting the reproductive health in both sexes. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), tubal factor infertility (TFI), and ectopic pregnancy (EP) are well documented complications of C. trachomatis infection in women. The role of genital mycopla… Show more

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“…However, higher prevalence was found by others studies carried out in Saudi Arabia (15%) [28], UK (16%) [36], India (28.1%) [46] and Iran (32%) [34]. Different pre-valence around the world showed in these studies could be explained by the methodology employed, type of biological sample collected and population studied [9] [40] [41].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 72%
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“…However, higher prevalence was found by others studies carried out in Saudi Arabia (15%) [28], UK (16%) [36], India (28.1%) [46] and Iran (32%) [34]. Different pre-valence around the world showed in these studies could be explained by the methodology employed, type of biological sample collected and population studied [9] [40] [41].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 72%
“…The prevalence of C. trachomatis in infertile women ranges from 3.9% to 32% worldwide [26]- [28] [31]- [39]. The discrepancy between these results could be attributed to differences in the sampling, methodology and type of biological sample [9] [40] [41].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The overall prevalence of CT in our study was 2.2%. Although the McCoy cell culture-based method has been traditionally considered as the gold standard for CT detection, NAATs offer greatly expanded sensitivities of detection (usually well above 90%), while maintaining very high specificity (usually ≥99%) (15). Nonetheless, culture for CT is quite specific, but this contrasts with the fact that samples of tubal washings/exudates are typically culture negative (14).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Persistent infections cause millions of deaths globally each year.For example, infectious diseases resulted in 9.2 million deaths in 2013 [25] . Not all infections are symptomatic [26] . In certain cases, infectious diseases may be asymptomatic for much or even all of their course in a given host.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%