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Chlamydia trachomatis is associated with adverse reproductive health outcomes

Publish date:: September 6, 2019

Key clinical point: Women who have tested positive for Chlamydia trachomatis have an increased risk for PID, ectopic pregnancy, and infertility, compared with women who have tested negative for C. trachomatis or who have not been tested.

Major finding: Compared with women who tested negative for C. trachomatis, women who tested positive had an increased risk for PID (adjusted hazard ratio, 2.36), ectopic pregnancy (aHR, 1.87), and female infertility (aHR, 1.85).

Study details: A retrospective cohort study that included data from 857,324 women with a mean follow-up of 7.5 years.

Disclosures: The study was supported by the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development. Dr. den Heijer had no relevant disclosures.

Citation:

den Heijer CDJ et al. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Aug 24. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz429.

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