INTRA-FAMILY CHLAMYDIA CONTAMINATION IN UPPER SEGMENTS OF RESPIRATORY TRACT

Abstract

The paper presents the results of studying of 44 families of patients with diseases of upper segment of respiratory tract, associated with Chlamydia infection. Control group included. 43 families of ENT-patients without Chlamydia infection. Diagnostics of Chlamydia infection was provided by using the complex of laboratory methods (direct fluorescence immunoassay and immune-enzyme analysis, polymerase-chain reaction). The presence of a patient with respiratory chlamydiosis in a family promotes infecting of other members of the family with Chlamydia.

Keywords

• chlamydia infection in upper segment of respiratory tract
• family nidus of respiratory chlamydiosis