ABSTRACT
The genital carriage of Chlamydia trachomatis [C. trachomatis] was assessed in 50 women admitted to hospital in spontaneous preterm labor with premature rupture of the membrane [PROM] and 70 women in preterm labor without PROM. The incidence of C. trachomatis isolated from the endocervix by direct immunofluorescent was 4.41% among asymptomatic low risk group and 21.15% among the group presented with symptomatic endocervicitis [high risk group] with a total incidence 11.67%. C. trachomatis was found more associated with greater sexual activity, so its incidence was high among younger age group and early married. There was a significant [P < 0.05] association between endocervical carriage of chlamydia, spontaneous preterm PROM and perinatal death