Acta Medica Medianae (Jul 2004)
CHLAMYFAST-OIA TEST IN THE GENITAL CHLAMYDIA MALE INFECTION DIAGNOSIS
Abstract
The genital infections caused by Chlamydia trachomatis (Ch. trachomatis), Mycoplasma hominis (M. hominis) and Ureaplasma urealyticum (U. urealyticum) represent, in the countries with developed industry, those diseases which are most often sexually transmissible. Chronic infections provoked by the mentioned causes are considered to be the risk factors for sterility.The aim of this paper is to examine the importance and specific characteristics of the CHLAMYFAST-OIA test in the Chlamydia genital infection diagnosis. This study includes 400 male patients with urethritis symptoms. The CHLAMYFAST-optical immunologic test has been used to determine the presence of the Ch. trachomatis in the genital tract of 360 males (Mycoplasma, International, France). The genital microplasmas, that is M. hominis and U. urealyticum, have been detected with the use of MYCOFAST-test (Mycroplasm International, France). The presence of the genital microplasmas has been studied in 129 patients.Chlamydia genital infection has been determined in 128 males (35,55%). The genital infection caused by M. hominis has been determined in a largely lower number of patients (3; 2,32%), as well as the infection caused by U. urealyticum (in 8 patients; 6,20%). Mixed infections have been detected in 8 patients. In 6 men (4,64%) there has been detected a mixed infection caused by genital microplasmas. The mixed infection provoked by Ch. Trachomatis and M. hominis, and the one caused by Ch. trachomatis and U. urealyticum, has been proven only in one patient respectively.
