Research Article

C. trachomatis in Female Reproductive Tract Infections and RFLP-Based Genotyping: A 16-Year Study from a Tertiary Care Hospital

Table 1

Antigen positivity in patients of various disease groups from 1994 to 2010.

Block-yearsCervicitis (Pos./specimens)Infertility (Pos./specimens)PID (Pos./specimens)BOH with adverse pregnancy outcomes
(Pos./specimens)

I-94–99 (684)21/104 (20.2%)103/414 (24.9%)8/23 (34.7%)24/143 (16.8%)
II-2000–2004 (1011)36/211 (17.0%)84/631 (13.3%)4/20 (20%)12/149 (8%)
III-2005–2010 (690)16/121 (13.22%)81/626 (12.9%)0/1 (0%)2/23 (8.7%)
238558/355268/167112/4438/315
I versus II;
I versus III
II versus III
I versus II;
I versus III
II versus III
I versus II;
I versus III
II versus III
I versus II;
I versus III
II versus III
χ 2 trend = 1.964χ 2 trend = 22.97χ 2 trend = 1.516χ 2 trend = 4.422