Screening of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among childbearing age group women in a tertiary center in South India Swathi S.1, Kumar C Naveen2,*, Abarna V.3, Jayapradha S4, Srikumar R5 1Tutor Microbiology Department, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry 2Assistant Professor, Microbiology Department, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry 3Associate Professor, Microbiology Department, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry 4Assistant Professor, Microbiology Department, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry 5Research Associate in Department of Centre for Research, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry *Corresponding Author: Mr. C. Naveen kumar Assistant Professor in Microbiology Department, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry Mobile: +91 9047765601 Email: navin.mmb@gmail.com
Online published on 25 September, 2018. Abstract To screen the prevalence for Chlamydia trachomatis in sexually active childbearing age women who attending a tertiary care center with the compliance of the infertility, dyspareunia, cervical discharge, miscarriage, etc. About 465 patients had endocervical swabs taken during pelvic examination, after an informed consent, to perform the CCT and NAAT testing has been performed. Blood specimens were also collected to screen the antibody level of CT through ELISA test. Among 76 (16%) patients were shown overall prevalence of CT infection. There is a high prevalence of C. Trachomatis predominantly increases every year, though the awareness among the public to be created. The significant value for the current study explains < 0.003. It is warrants to introduce the routine screening methods in the laboratories and the hospitals. Top Keywords Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), Chlamydia clearview test (CCT), Nucleic Acid, Amplification Test. Top |