The Association Between Chlamydia trachomatis and Ectopic Pregnancy

Risk factors for ectopic pregnancy in women with symptomatic first-trimester pregnancies

“…We found that women with an EP were almost three times as likely to have had one prior EP compared with controls (odds ratio [OR], 2.98; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.88 -4.73) and were 16 times more likely to have had two prior EPs compared with women with an IUP (OR, 16.04; 95% CI, 5.39 -47.72). Our findings confirm other research studies that have found a history of prior EP to be strongly associated with subsequent EP (OR ranging from 2.4 -25.0) (13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21). The meta-analysis estimated the risk to be 6.6 (95% CI, 5.2-8.4) (12).…”

The Association between <i>Chlamydia Trachomatis</i> and Ectopic Pregnancy in Lagos, Nigeria—A Case Control Study

“…The high sero-prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis in patients with ectopic pregnancy-68% is in keeping with results from other centres in Nigeria [11] [12] [20] and outside Nigeria [23] [24]. The result of this study also confirmed that patients with ectopic pregnancy are more likely to demonstrate evidence of past infection with Chlamydia trachomatis when compared with normal intrauterine pregnant controls.…”

“…The incidence of ectopic pregnancy in this study was 3.7%. This is similar to 3.8% found in an earlier study in this centre by the same author [21], higher than 2.31% that was reported in a previous study in Lagos [15], 2.1% in south eastern part of Nigeria [22], 2.31% reported in Benin City [3] and 1.8% in Sweden [23]. This high figure is expected considering the peculiarity of the centre where the study was conducted.…”

Prevalencia de anticuerpos anti-Chlamydia trachomatis y anti-Neisseria gonorrhoeae en grupos de individuos de la población mexicana

“…6 Esta situación es preocupante porque la infección tubaria puede degenerar en obstrucción permanente y a consecuencia de ello producir infertilidad, o cuando se ocasiona obstrucción parcial puede presentarse embarazo ectópico. 7 La infección por Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) es también causa de salpingitis e infertilidad. Por otra parte, las úlceras genitales ocasionadas por infecciones bacterianas constituyen condiciones de riesgo para la transmisión del virus de la inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH) y del virus del papiloma humano (VPH), 8,9 y por lo tanto para el SIDA y el cáncer cérvico-uterino.…”