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Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Antibodies to Chlamydia Trachomatis and Tubal Histopathology in Ectopic Pregnancies

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Abstract

Ectopic pregnancy is one of the most common and serious sequel of acute salpingitis and Chlamydia trachomatis seems to be the most common etiologic agent. ln this study we investigated the serologic evidence of chlamydial infection in thirty-nine women with ectopic pregnancy and in eighteen control subjects with an intrauterine pregnancy. A histopathological study was also undertaken to evaluate the association between ectopic pregnancy, tubal pathology and chlamydial infection. Seventeen (43.6%) women with ectopic pregnancy and two (11.1%) control patients had serum lgG antibodies to chlamydia trachomatis and this difference was statistically significant (P

Keywords

Ectopic pregnancy, Chlamydia trachomatis, tubal pathology

First Page

49

Last Page

52

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