Selective screening for Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a primary care population of women.
Selective screening for Chlamydia trachomatis infection in a primary care population of women.
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在初级保健妇女人群中选择性筛查沙眼衣原体感染。
DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116840
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发表时间:
1993
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
Stamm,WE
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文献类型:
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作者:
Stergachis,A;Scholes,D;Heidrich,FE;Sherer,DM;Holmes,KK;Stamm,WE
The authors used cell cultures to assess the prevalence of cervical infection caused byChlamydia trachomatisin a population-based sample of nonpregnant women aged 15 to 34 years who attended two primary care clinics at Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington, between January 1, 1988, and June 30, 1989.C. trachomatiswas isolated from 67 of 1,804 women (3.7%), including 13% of those who were less than 20 years of age. Seven patient characteristics were independently predictive of chlamydial infection by stepwise multivariate logistic regression analysis: being unmarried, examination showing cervical ectopy, black race, douching, nulliparity, age of 24 years or less, and intercourse with two or more partners within the preceding year. Testing all women who had a score of 5 or more (28% of women) on a weighted index based on risk factors would detect 77% of all infections with a positive predictive value of 9%. These results suggest that it should be feasible to develop a risk factor-based program to screen for cervical infection withC. trachomatisin populations where its prevalence is low.