Audit Evaluating the Value of Routine Screening of <i>Chlamydia Trachomatis</i> Urethral Infections in Men

Harry, Tubonye C; Saravanamuttu, Kandeepan; Rashid, Sakina Mehboob; Shrestha, Tina

doi:10.1177/095646249400500520

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“…The true incidence of Chlamydia infection in developing countries is difficult to establish because of several factors. There is a sociocultural inhibition that prevents women from reporting sexual symptoms, non availability of facility to detect the organism in many health units and the largely asymptomatic nature of the disease [10,11,12]. In spite of these limitations, it is still reported that there is a high prevalence of the chlamydia infection in most parts of Africa 8 .…”

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Prevalence and awareness about Chlamydial infection in women undergoing infertility evaluation in Lagos, Nigeria

Oloyede¹,

Fakoya²,

Oloyede³

et al. 2010

Int J Health Res

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Prevalence and awareness about Chlamydial infection in women undergoing infertility evaluation in Lagos, Nigeria

Oloyede¹,

Fakoya²,

Oloyede³

et al. 2010

Int J Health Res

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“…In contrast to these high prevalence rates in African countries, the prevalence of chlamydia among persons aged 14-39 years in the United States was 1.7% (Torrone et al, 2012) while the global prevalence estimate of chlamydia among women aged 15-49 years was 4.2% (Newman et al, 2012) It is worth mentioning that the incidence of Chlamydia infection in developing countries is difficult to establish due to many factors. There is a socio cultural inhibition that prevents women from reporting sexual symptoms, non-availability of facilities to detect the organism in many health clinics, the asymptomatic nature of the disease and variation in the sensitivities and specificities of the various diagnostic kits used (Okonofua et al, 1995;Harry et al, 1994;Nwankwo and Magaji, 2012).…”

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Seroprevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics within Kaduna metropolis, North-Central, Nigeria

Garba¹,

Abdulsalami²,

Egbe³

2018

J. Public Health Epidemiol.

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Chlamydia trachomatis is a major causative agent of sexually transmitted disease (STD), which can damage a woman's reproductive organs. The prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection was investigated among 200 pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in three hospitals located within Kaduna metropolis, North-Central, Nigeria. Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay technique was performed to detect chlamydia antibodies. The overall prevalence of C. trachomatis in the population studied was 9.5% (19/200). The highest percentage of prevalence rate, 6.5% (13/200), was seen in women belonging to the age group of 25 or less; this corresponds to women in their late teens and early twenties, and was also the most sexually active age group. Polygamy and low income status were also associated with higher infection rates. The commonest symptom recorded for the respondents that tested positive to Chlamydia infection was found to be vaginal irritation (27.8%), followed by vaginal discharge (25.9%); other symptoms observed were dysuria (14.8%) and lower back pain (9.3%). 18.5% of respondents had a past history of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The distribution of women that tested positive for C. trachomatis antigen within the hospitals investigated showed that 11%, (11/100) were from Yusuf Dantsoho Memorial Hospital, with a similar number, 11.66% (7/60), from Kawo General Hospital, while Shehu Mohammed Kangiwa Medical Centre was seen to have only 2.5% (1/40) positive cases. C. trachomatis infection is largely underdiagnosed in the population, therefore specific preventive and intervention strategies for Chlamydia infection should be developed and targeted among the sexually active general population.

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Reproductive tract infections and abortion among adolescent girls in rural Nigeria

Feldmeier¹,

Richter²,

Helling-Gies³

et al. 1995

The Lancet

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Audit Evaluating the Value of Routine Screening of Chlamydia Trachomatis Urethral Infections in Men

Cited by 10 publications

References 3 publications

Prevalence and awareness about Chlamydial infection in women undergoing infertility evaluation in Lagos, Nigeria

Prevalence and awareness about Chlamydial infection in women undergoing infertility evaluation in Lagos, Nigeria

Seroprevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics within Kaduna metropolis, North-Central, Nigeria

Reproductive tract infections and abortion among adolescent girls in rural Nigeria

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