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ArticleThe Indian journal of medical research2017

Detection of

Sunil Sethi, Amit Roy, Shubha Garg, Lakshmi Sree Venkatesan, Rashmi Bagga

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Article in The Indian journal of medical research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sunil SethiDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
Amit RoyDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
Shubha GargDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
Lakshmi Sree VenkatesanDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
Rashmi BaggaDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India.
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND &

objectivesGenital Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infections are one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted infections across the world. In pregnant women, if not detected and treated early, these may result in poor pregnancy outcomes and complications. The present study was aimed to screen CT infections from first void urine (FVU) samples of asymptomatic pregnant women using molecular methods. The secondary objective was to evaluate cost-effectiveness in pooling FVU samples for their diagnostic application.

methodsFVU samples were collected from 1000 asymptomatic pregnant women over a period of three years. Pooling was done by including five specimens in one pool in the amount of 10 μl and subjected to polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and further confirmed by direct fluorescent antibody assay (DFA).

resultsThe age of study participants ranged from 18 to 43 yr with the median±standard deviation of 26±3.84 yr. Majority of positive participants were younger than 25 years. A total of 200 pools were prepared and 20 of these were PCR positive. When individual specimen in 20 positive pools was tested, 20 PCR-positive specimens were identified from 19 pools, of which 16 were positive by DFA. Thus, CT was detected in 1.6 per cent asymptomatic pregnant women in India and pooling strategy resulted in 70 per cent reduction in a number of tests performed. INTERPRETATION &

conclusionsOur study detected C. trachomatis infection in 1.6 per cent asymptomatic pregnant women, and pooling of FVU specimens for PCR testing was found to be a cost-saving strategy in comparison to testing individual samples. Further evaluation and studies on the bigger sample size are warranted to validate these results.

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AdolescentAdultChlamydia InfectionsChlamydia trachomatisFemaleHumansIndiaPolymerase Chain ReactionPregnancySexually Transmitted Diseases

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