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Prevalence of Ureaplasma urealyticum, Chlamydia trachomatis, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in gynecological outpatients, Taizhou, China.
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Journal of clinical laboratory analysis [J Clin Lab Anal] 2020 Feb; Vol. 34 (2), pp. e23072. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Nov 01. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Objectives: Ureaplasma urealyticum (UU), Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) are highly prevalent worldwide and may lead to some genital diseases. The objective of this large-scale study was to estimate the prevalence characteristics of UU, CT, and NG among women in Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, China.<br />Methods: A total of 13 303 women who visited the gynecologic outpatient service of Taizhou First People's Hospital in Taizhou from 2013 to 2018 were analyzed. The testing of UU, CT, and NG was performed on the collected vaginal swabs using real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method.<br />Results: The overall infection rates of UU, CT, and NG were 62.04%, 10.20%, and 4.09% in the Taizhou-based population, respectively. The age-specific prevalence showed that younger women (age <25 years) were the preferred period for the positive detection of UU or CT, while elder women (age ≥40 years) had the highest prevalence of NG. In addition, the UU-CT co-infection pattern (7.32%) predominated in the study population, and CT was significantly associated with UU and NG.<br />Conclusions: Our novel data demonstrated that UU, CT, and NG infection are prevalent among women in Taizhou, and comprehensive UU, CT, and NG screening guidelines and treatment policies for this population are warranted.<br /> (© 2019 The Authors. Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
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- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
China epidemiology
Chlamydia trachomatis genetics
Chlamydia trachomatis isolation & purification
Coinfection epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Neisseria gonorrhoeae genetics
Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolation & purification
Outpatients
Prevalence
Ureaplasma urealyticum genetics
Ureaplasma urealyticum isolation & purification
Vagina microbiology
Young Adult
Chlamydia Infections epidemiology
Gonorrhea epidemiology
Ureaplasma Infections epidemiology
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1098-2825
- Volume :
- 34
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Journal of clinical laboratory analysis
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31675147
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/jcla.23072