Chlamydial Lower Genital Tract Infection and
Spontaneous Abortion

J. Sozio; R. B. Ness

doi:10.1155/S1064744998000039

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 1998)

Chlamydial Lower Genital Tract Infection and Spontaneous Abortion

J. Sozio,
R. B. Ness

Affiliations

J. Sozio: Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, 130 DeSoto Street, 517 Parran Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
R. B. Ness: Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, 130 DeSoto Street, 517 Parran Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744998000039
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 8 – 12

Abstract

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Objective: Few previous studies have examined the role that acute Chlamydia trachomatis lower genital tract infection plays in the development of spontaneous abortion. This study evaluated cervical C. trachomatis infections among 52 women experiencing spontaneous abortion and 59 controls.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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