ANTICHLAMYDIAL ACTIVITY OF VAGINAL SECRETION
ANTICHLAMYDIAL ACTIVITY OF VAGINAL SECRETION
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DOI:
10.1016/0002-9378(95)91491-9
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发表时间:
1995-04-01
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
MARDH, PA
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作者:
MAHMOUD, EA;SVENSSON, LO;MARDH, PA
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the possible antichlamydial activity of vaginal secretion and to partially characterize the inhibitory principle.STUDY DESIGN: Vaginal secretions obtained from 156 women attending a family planning or gynecologic outpatient clinic for contraceptive advice were studied for the influence on the inclusion formation of Chlamydia trachomatis in cycloheximide-treated McCoy cell cultures.RESULTS: Vaginal secretions from 156 women inhibited the inclusion formation of Chlamydia trachomatis. The inhibition was concentration dependent and the inhibitory principle had a molecular weight of 6 was 33%. Vaginal secretions of oral contraceptive users and nonusers did not differ in the capacity to decrease the chlamydial inclusion count, p > 0.01.CONCLUSIONS: When vaginal secretions were added to McCoy cell cultures infected by Chlamydia trachomatis, the chlamydia inclusion number decreased. There was a correlation between pH of the vaginal secretion and the inhibitory principle. Oral contraceptive use had no influence on the inhibition.