ReviewAmerican journal of obstetrics and gynecology2017
Sexually transmitted diseases and infertility.
Review in American journal of obstetrics and gynecology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 184 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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184 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 429 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparison of HyFoSy, HyCoSy and X-Ray Hysterosalpingography in the Assessment of Tubal Patency in Women with Infertility: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- Factors associated with female infertility in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections, and its associated factors among students in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis study.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Global epidemiology ofSexually transmitted infections · 2021Pooled it
- The association between vaginal microbiota and female infertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2020Pooled it
- Psychological aspects of infertility. A systematic review.The Journal of international medical research · 2020Pooled it
- Diagnosing sexually transmitted infections in resource-constrained settings: challenges and ways forward.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Pooled it
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- Results from Project GOLD: A pilot randomized controlled trial of a psychoeducational HIV/STI prevention intervention for black youth.AIDS care · 2021Trial
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- Impacts of Contraception on Future Fertility: Addressing Concerns to Improve Understanding.Studies in family planning · 2026Article
- Infertility service availability, geographic accessibility, and use: results from linked facility-female cross-sectional data in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, and Uganda.BMC health services research · 2026Article
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- Global, Regional, and National Burden of Infertility Attributable to Sexually Transmitted Infections From 1990 to 2021, With Projections to 2050.Maternal-fetal medicine (Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.) · 2026Article
- Association between sexually transmitted infections and reproductive lifespan: analysis of the NHANES 1999-2023.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Expanding the Gene Expression Profiling of Drug Transporters and Drug-Metabolizing Enzymes to Include the Upper Female Reproductive Tract.Pharmaceutics · 2026Article
- Bacterial microbiome analysis of vaginal, cervical, and endometrial samples in patients with adenomyosis during the window of implantation.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- The L-lactate dehydrogenase LldD contributes to oxidative stress resistance, survival from neutrophils, and host colonization inInfection and immunity · 2026Article
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Abstract
Female infertility, including tubal factor infertility, is a major public health concern worldwide. Most cases of tubal factor infertility are attributable to untreated sexually transmitted diseases that ascend along the reproductive tract and are capable of causing tubal inflammation, damage, and scarring. Evidence has consistently demonstrated the effects of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae as pathogenic bacteria involved in reproductive tract morbidities including tubal factor infertility and pelvic inflammatory disease. There is limited evidence in the medical literature that other sexually transmitted organisms, including Mycoplasma genitalium, Trichomonas vaginalis, and other microorganisms within the vaginal microbiome, may be important factors involved in the pathology of infertility. Further investigation into the vaginal microbiome and other potential pathogens is necessary to identify preventable causes of tubal factor infertility. Improved clinical screening and prevention of ascending infection may provide a solution to the persistent burden of infertility.
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