Reproductive performance in infertile women with Chlamydia trachomatis infection

Authors

  • Maria del Carmen Álvarez Miranda Hospital Ginecoobstétrico “Mariana Grajales”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Danilo Raimundo Martín Hospital Ginecoobstétrico “Mariana Grajales”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Sandi Jiménez Puñales Hospital Ginecoobstétrico “Mariana Grajales”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Clara Sofía Roche Caso Hospital Ginecoobstétrico “Mariana Grajales”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Rogelio Jésus Pentón Cortés Hospital Ginecoobstétrico “Mariana Grajales”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara
  • Vivian de las Mercedes Cairo González Hospital Ginecoobstétrico “Mariana Grajales”, Santa Clara, Villa Clara

Keywords:

chlamydia infections, female infertility

Abstract

Introduction: Chlamydia trachomatis is an intracellular bacterium considered one of the sexually transmitted pathogens with high prevalence worldwide.
Objective: to characterize the reproductive outcome in infertile patients with Chlamydia trachomatis infection at “Mariana Grajales” Gynecoobstetric  Hospital.
Material and method: a prospective study between January 2009 and December 2010 was conducted , the population was 335 infertile women with tuboperitoneal involvement, convenience sample was 155 women with positive test results for Chlamydia trachomatis and variables studied were the type of contraceptive used, the aftermath, sexually transmitted infections associated and reproductive outcome; the Chi-square test was used to establish relationships between variables.
Results: the most popular contraceptive method was the intrauterine device (38.0%), there was a statistics significant association between use intrauterine device and the infection by Chlamydia trachomatis (X2=23.7 and ρ=0.01) in 32 patients (18.9%) were presented pelvic inflammatory disease and 34 (20.1%) had a tubal obstruction, it was found statistics significant association between the occurrence of sequelae and Chlamydia trachomatis infection (X2=17.8 and ρ=0.04), the organism most commonly associated was Mycoplasma hominis 14, 9.0%) in 124 patients (80.0%) and no pregnancy was achieved, only in 17 (11.0%) normal pregnancy was achieved.
Conclusions: Chlamydia trachomatis infection compromises female fertility due to tubal obstructive sequels with little chance of achieving pregnancy.

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Álvarez Miranda M del C, Raimundo Martín D, Jiménez Puñales S, Roche Caso CS, Pentón Cortés RJ, Cairo González V de las M. Reproductive performance in infertile women with Chlamydia trachomatis infection. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2014 Jun. 28 [cited 2025 Jul. 2];8(2):10-5. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/114

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Vol. 8 No. 2 (2014): April-June

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