Skip to main content
PMC home page
The British Journal of Venereal Diseases logoLink to The British Journal of Venereal Diseases
. 1979 Jun;55(3):203–206. doi: 10.1136/sti.55.3.203

Chlamydia trachomatis in acute salpingitis.

J Paavonen, P Saikku, E Vesterinen, K Aho
PMCID: PMC1045630  PMID: 111767

Abstract

In a study to evaluate the possible role of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in acute salpingitis, 26% of 106 patients with severe symptoms had positive culture results for C. trachomatis; 43% of the 72 patients from whom paired sera were obtained had either positive culture results for or seroconversion in the single antigen immunofluorescence test to C. trachomatis. Twenty-six per cent of patients harboured N. gohorrhoeae and 14% had gonococcal complement-fixing antibody titres greater than or equal to 8. Intrauterine devices were used by 48% of patients, no difference being found in the frequency of use between patients harbouring C. trachomatis or N. gonorrhoeae. The possible role of C. trachomatis should be considered in the treatment of acute salpingitis.

Full text

PDF
203

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Aho K., Sievers K. Screening for gonococcal arthritis. Scand J Rheumatol. 1972;1(2):84–86. doi: 10.3109/03009747209103001. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Chow A. W., Malkasian K. L., Marshall J. R., Guze L. B. The bacteriology of acute pelvic inflammatory disease. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1975 Aug 1;122(7):876–879. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(75)90731-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Dunlop E. M., al-Hussaini M. K., Freedman A., Garland J. A., Harper I. A., Jones B. R., Race J. W., Du Toit M. S., Treharne J. D., Wright D. J. Infection by TRIC agent and other members of the Bedsonia group; with a note on Reiter's disease. 3. Genital infection and disease of the eye. Trans Ophthalmol Soc U K. 1966;86:321–334. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Eschenbach D. A., Buchanan T. M., Pollock H. M., Forsyth P. S., Alexander E. R., Lin J. S., Wang S. P., Wentworth B. B., MacCormack W. M., Holmes K. K. Polymicrobial etiology of acute pelvic inflammatory disease. N Engl J Med. 1975 Jul 24;293(4):166–171. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197507242930403. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Hamark B., Brorsson J. E., Eilard T., Forssman L. Salpingitis and Chlamydiae subgroup A. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1976;55(4):377–378. doi: 10.3109/00016347609158517. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Lycke E., Peterson M. Hemolysis-in-gel test for demonstration of Chlamydia antibodies. J Clin Microbiol. 1976 Nov;4(5):450–452. doi: 10.1128/jcm.4.5.450-452.1976. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Mårdh P. A., Ripa T., Svensson L., Weström L. Chilamydia trachomatis infection in patients with acute salpingitis. N Engl J Med. 1977 Jun 16;296(24):1377–1379. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197706162962403. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Mårdh P. A., Weström L. Tubal and cervical cultures in acute salpingitis with special reference to Mycoplasma hominis and T-strain mycoplasmas. Br J Vener Dis. 1970 Jun;46(3):179–186. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Paavonen J., Kousa M., Saikku P., Vesterinen E., Jansson E., Lassus A. Examination of men with nongonococcal urethritis and their sexual partners for Chlamydia trachomatis and Ureaplasma urealyticum. Sex Transm Dis. 1978 Jul-Sep;5(3):93–96. doi: 10.1097/00007435-197807000-00003. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Paavonen J., Saikku P., Vesterinen E., Meyer B., Vartiainen E., Saksela E. Genital chlamydial infections in patients attending a gynaecological outpatient clinic. Br J Vener Dis. 1978 Aug;54(4):257–261. doi: 10.1136/sti.54.4.257. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Saikku P., Paavonen J. Single-antigen immunofluorescence test for chlamydial antibodies. J Clin Microbiol. 1978 Aug;8(2):119–122. doi: 10.1128/jcm.8.2.119-122.1978. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Schachter J. Chlamydial infections (third of three parts). N Engl J Med. 1978 Mar 9;298(10):540–549. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197803092981005. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Sweet R. L. Diagnosis and treatment of acute salpingitis. J Reprod Med. 1977 Jul;19(1):21–30. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. Vaughan-Jackson J. D., Dunlop E. M., Darougar S., Treharne J. D., Taylor-Robinson D. Urethritis due to Chlamydia trachomatis. Br J Vener Dis. 1977 Jun;53(3):180–183. doi: 10.1136/sti.53.3.180. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. Weström L., Bengtsson L. P., Mårdh P. A. The risk of pelvic inflammatory disease in women using intrauterine contraceptive devices as compared to non-users. Lancet. 1976 Jul 31;2(7979):221–224. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(76)91025-4. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. Widholm O., Kallio H. Suppurative adnexal infections report on 830 patients treated in 1947-61. Gynaecologia. 1965;160(5):321–332. doi: 10.1159/000303404. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from British Journal of Venereal Diseases are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES