Microbiologic study of chronic inflammation associated with tubal factor infertility: role of Chlamydia trachomatis

J Henry‐Suchet, Christine Utzmann, J De Brux, P Ardoin, François Catalan
In: Fertility and Sterility · 1987 · vol. 47(2) , pp. 274–277 · doi:10.1016/s0015-0282(16)50005-3 · PMID:2950001 · W2398963590
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This study investigated the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis and other microorganisms in the fallopian tubes of women with tubal factor infertility, aiming to understand their role in chronic inflammation.

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One hundred sixty-one women undergoing laparoscopy for infertility of obstructive origin (fallopian tube stenosis or obstruction and periadnexal adhesions) had thorough bacteriologic studies, including Chlamydia trachomatis cultures, of their lower and upper genital tracts. Peritoneal or tubal fluid cytologic features and biopsies of fallopian tubes or adhesions were also studied after each laparoscopy. The serum of each woman was titrated for evidence of C. trachomatis infection. The sera of a control group of 51 women with ovarian infertility but normal fallopian tubes according to laparoscopy and hysterosalpingogram were titrated in an identical manner. The current study confirms previous studies that showed a strong correlation between infertility due to fallopian tube factors and positive C. trachomatis cultures or serologic studies. The current study suggests that C. trachomatis infection does not correlate with a past history of salpingitis or pelvic pain, but that current C. trachomatis infection, as assessed by positive culture, does correlate with gross and histologic evidence of chronic inflammation.

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