Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis in a public colposcopy clinic population

Petersen, Rodney W.; Tabrizi, Sepehr N.; Garland, Suzanne M.; Quinlivan, Julie A.

doi:10.1071/sh06050

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“…Overall, history or current infection with an STI including Chlamydia was 27.6% in our study, which is worryingly high. Other studies have shown that the prevalence rate of Chlamydia in the colposcopy setting was between 5.8% and 8.9% 11,20 . This correlates with our results showing 9.2% had a history or current Chlamydia infection.…”

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“…This results in a largely preventable risk of acquiring STIs. Women seen in colposcopy clinic have already been identified as women potentially exposed to the HPV virus and therefore possible other undiagnosed STI’s 9,11 …”

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“…It is a marker of sexual activity commencement, and its presence presumptively indicates that there has been possible exposure to other STIs. Consequently, in the colposcopy setting, women that are reviewed have, by default, potentially been exposed to STIs 9–11 . This study reviews whether this group has a higher rate of prior or concurrent infection with STI, in particular Chlamydia , with its future fertility complications, and whether they would benefit from routine STI screening at the time of colposcopy.…”

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Large loop excision of transformation zone procedures used in the management of cytological abnormalities of the cervix

Mooring¹,

O’Rourke²,

Kimble³

2011

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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Large loop excision of transformation zone procedures used in the management of cytological abnormalities of the cervix

Mooring¹,

O’Rourke²,

Kimble³

2011

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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“…In non-primary care clinical settings, the chlamydia prevalence for women attending a colposcopy clinic was reported to be higher in women aged 25 years or less (5.8%) compared with older women (0.9%) [55]. A prevalence of just 0.2% was found for women attending a hospital in vitro fertilisation (IVF) service for investigation of infertility [54]; however, higher estimates for hospital-based studies of 3.1% for women [45] and 5.5% for men and women [56] were also reported.…”

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The prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Australia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

et al. 2012

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BackgroundChlamydia trachomatis is a common sexually transmitted infection in Australia. This report aims to measure the burden of chlamydia infection by systematically reviewing reports on prevalence in Australian populations.MethodsElectronic databases and conference websites were searched from 1997–2011 using the terms ‘Chlamydia trachomatis’ OR ‘chlamydia’ AND ‘prevalence’ OR ‘epidemiology’ AND ‘Australia’. Reference lists were checked and researchers contacted for additional literature. Studies were categorised by setting and participants, and meta-analysis conducted to determine pooled prevalence estimates for each category.ResultsSeventy-six studies met the inclusion criteria for the review. There was a high level of heterogeneity between studies; however, there was a trend towards higher chlamydia prevalence in younger populations, Indigenous Australians, and those attending sexual health centres. In community or general practice settings, pooled prevalence for women <25 years in studies conducted post-2005 was 5.0% (95% CI: 3.1, 6.9; five studies), and for men <30 years over the entire review period was 3.9% (95% CI: 2.7, 5.1; six studies). For young Australians aged <25 years attending sexual health, family planning or youth clinics, estimated prevalence was 6.2% (95% CI: 5.1, 7.4; 10 studies) for women and 10.2% (95% CI: 9.5, 10.9; five studies) for men. Other key findings include pooled prevalence estimates of 22.1% (95% CI: 19.0, 25.3; three studies) for Indigenous women <25 years, 14.6% (95% CI: 11.5, 17.8; three studies) for Indigenous men <25 years, and 5.6% (95% CI: 4.8, 6.3; 11 studies) for rectal infection in men who have sex with men. Several studies failed to report basic demographic details such as sex and age, and were therefore excluded from the analysis.ConclusionsChlamydia trachomatis infections are a significant health burden in Australia; however, accurate estimation of chlamydia prevalence in Australian sub-populations is limited by heterogeneity within surveyed populations, and variations in sampling methodologies and data reporting. There is a need for more large, population-based studies and prospective cohort studies to compliment mandatory notification data.

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“…1 Complications following chlamydia, gonorrhoea and trichomonas infections in women include pelvic inflammatory disease, chronic pelvic pain, tubo-ovarian abscesses, ectopic pregnancies and infertility. 2,3 In pregnancy these infections are associated with prematurity, neonatal morbidity and perinatal infections. 4,5 In men, these STIs may be complicated by epididymitis and result in urethral stricture and infertility (http://www.cdc.gov/std).…”

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Prevalence ofTrichomonas vaginalis, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeaeand human papillomavirus in a sexual health clinic setting in urban Sri Lanka

et al. 2014

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The prevalences of Trichomonas vaginalis, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, and human papillomavirus (HPV) in Sri Lanka are not well reported; the objective of this study is to describe the prevalences of these four sexually transmitted infections among attendees of sexual health clinic in an urban setting. Vaginal swabs were collected from consenting women attending a sexual health clinic and tested for the presence of the above sexually transmitted infections using nucleic acid amplification techniques. Basic demographic details were sought from each participant (483 women of age range 14-61, median 30 years, IQR 12 years) via a research assistant-administered questionnaire. Overall, a prevalence of T. vaginalis, C. trachomatis, N. gonorrhoeae and HPV was 2.3%, (95% CI: 1.2-4.1%), 8.2% (95% CI: 5.6-11.4%), 7.6% (95% CI: 5.2-10.8%), and 44.4% (95% CI: 39.8-49.1%), respectively. Among the 197 positive for HPV, HPV6 accounted for 23.1%, HPV16 (12.5%), then HPV11, HPV66 and HPV58 were the commonest. Vaccine-related types (6/11/16/18) were detected in 59.9% of cases (95%CI: 52.7-66.8%). The high prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (45.2%) is a potential risk factor for an increase in HIV infections in the country and the high carriage of HPV supports the need for cervical cancer screening and prevention programmes.

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Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis in a public colposcopy clinic population

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Large loop excision of transformation zone procedures used in the management of cytological abnormalities of the cervix

Large loop excision of transformation zone procedures used in the management of cytological abnormalities of the cervix

The prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in Australia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Prevalence ofTrichomonas vaginalis, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeaeand human papillomavirus in a sexual health clinic setting in urban Sri Lanka

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