A study on ways of intrauterine infection of chlamydia trachomatis / 中华妇产科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the route of intrauterine infection of chlamydia trachomatis (CT) Methods Seven hundred and seventy two cervical samples from in women and 105 matched maternal labom neonatal samples composed of cervical samples,cord blood, amniotic fluid, conjunctival and nasopharyngeal samples of neonate were detected by PCR SSCP and DNA sequencing technique Results CT were detected in 87 of 772 (11 3%) cervical samples In the 81 matched maternal infant samples from pregnant women with cervical CT positive, CT were not detected in all of the cord blood samples In the 30 CT positive neonatal samples, 26 were from cases of vaginal delivery and 4 from cases of caesarean section Statistical analysis showed a significant difference between the groups of caesarean section and the vaginal delivery ( P