| chlamydial urethral infection in teheran. a study of male patients attending an std clinic. | the prevalence of chlamydial infection of the urethra was studied in 172 consecutive male patients attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic in teheran. chlamydia trachomatis was isolated in 8.8% of the patients with a valid culture result. of the five isolates serotyped, two were serotype e and three were serotypes g, h, and k. type-specific antibodies against c trachomatis serotypes d to k were found in 16% of patients, and igm, indicating current infection, was detected in 12%. type-spe ... | 1982 | 7171980 |
| frequency of chlamydia trachomatis in women with cervicitis in tehran, iran. | chlamydia trachomatis (ct) is the most common cause of bacterial sexually transmitted infection (sti) worldwide, but current data concerning the prevalence of ct among women in iran is scarce. data regarding the frequency of ct infection among iranian women can help to justify the implementation of a national ct screening program that can reduce the high morbidity associated with sequelae of ct infections by treating infected women. endocervical secretions from 123 married women (20-55 years) wi ... | 2009 | 17485821 |
| chlamydial genital infection in prostitutes in iran. | the prevalence of chlamydial genital infection was studied in 177 prostitutes in iran; 100 in teheran and 77 in the port of bandar abbas. chlamydia trachomatis was isolated in eight (6.9%) of 116 patients with valid cultures. type-specific antibodies were found against c trachomatis serotypes d to k (genital serotypes) in 94.2% and against serotypes a to c (trachoma serotypes) in 2% of the prostitutes. type-specific igm at a titre of greater than or equal to 8, indicating current infection, was ... | 1983 | 6824908 |
| chlamydia trachomatis prevalence in iranian women attending obstetrics and gynaecology clinics. | this study was designed to estimate the prevalence of chlamydia infection in women attending obstetrics and gynaecology clinics in tehran, during may 2003 to october 2003. women attending obstetrics and gynaecology clinics aged 15-42 were recruited by sequential random sampling. those who had not passed urine in the last hour were eligible. informed consent was obtained and a questionnaire completed after being interviewed by a midwife. first void urine was collected and after dna extraction fro ... | 2007 | 19093517 |
| the use of polymerase chain reaction assay versus cell culture in detecting neonatal chlamydial conjunctivitis. | one of the most common bacterial infections that causes ophthalmia neonatorum is chlamydia trachomatis, (c. trachomatis). very few studies have been performed in iran using both cell culture and polymerase chain reaction (pcr) methods to determine the prevalence of c. trachomatis as an etiological agent of ophthalmia neonatorum. this study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of neonatal chlamydial conjunctivitis (ncc) as diagnosed by both methods in two hospitals in tehran, iran. from march 2008 to ... | 2012 | 22369307 |