THE ASSOCIATION OF CHLAMYDIA-TRACHOMATIS, NEISSERIA-GONORRHOEAE, AND GROUP-B STREPTOCOCCI WITH PRETERM RUPTURE OF THE MEMBRANES AND PREGNANCY OUTCOME
THE ASSOCIATION OF CHLAMYDIA-TRACHOMATIS, NEISSERIA-GONORRHOEAE, AND GROUP-B STREPTOCOCCI WITH PRETERM RUPTURE OF THE MEMBRANES AND PREGNANCY OUTCOME
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DOI:
10.1016/s0002-9378(88)80093-0
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发表时间:
1988-08-01
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
CRENSHAW, MC
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作者:
ALGER, LS;LOVCHIK, JC;CRENSHAW, MC
There is conflicting evidence regarding a possible causal role for Chlamydia trachomatis in the development of preterm premature rupture of the membranes. We investigated the relative prevalence of endocervical infection with C. trachomatis and group B streptococci in patients with preterm premature rupture of membranes compared with a control group taken from the same obstetric population. C. trachomatis was isolated from 23/52 (44%) patients with preterm premature rupture of membranes versus 13/84 (15%) women in the control group (p < 0.001). This association was independent of infection with group B streptococci or Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Group B streptococci were isolated from 16% of the patients with preterm premature rupture of membranes versus 4% of the control population (p < 0.05). The risk of preterm premature rupture of membranes associated with group B streptococcal infection was independent of infection with C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae. Endocervical infection with C. trachomatis did not significantly affect early maternal complication rates after delivery.