Clinical Background and Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis Antigen among Infertile Women Attending..

Background: Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis has been linked to pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), ectopic pregnancy, chronic pelvic pain, and infertility in women. It's the world's most common bacterial sexually transmitted disease. The infection is asymptomatic for the most part. The aim of this study was to determine the clinical context and detect the Chlamydia trachomatis antigen in infertile women attending the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH). Methods: Infertile and postnatal women visiting the UMTH fertility clinic were surveyed about their clinical backgrounds and antigens for Chlamydia trachomatis. A total of 65 endocervical swab samples were obtained from the aforementioned group of subjects aged 18 47 years, 45 of which were obtained from infertile women and the remaining 20 from post-natal women as control subjects. The samples were tested using a Chlamydia Rapid Test system swab/urine (Abon Biopharm(Hangzhou), Co., Ltd) that operates on the immunochromatographic principle. The highest rate of infertility was found in women between the ages of 30 and 35. (33.3 percent ). The findings indicate that those with a tertiary degree have the highest rate of infertility (60 percent ). Femalecivil servants (53.3 percent) had the highest rate of infertility, led by full time housewives (53.3 percent) (33.3 percent ). Infertility was found to be higher among women who did not use contraceptive methods (95.6 percent ). Overall, this study found no evidence of C. trachomatisgenital infection among infertile women at UMTH (0.0 percent). Conclusion: Infertile women in Borno State, Nigeria, can undergo further study using more sensitive and precise procedures for detecting C. trachomatis from clinical specimens, such as nucleic acid amplification tests and cell culture.

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