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Provedor de dados: | 55
País: | Brazil
Título: | Chlamydia trachomatis infection among HIV-infected women attending an AIDS clinic in the city of Manaus, Brazil
Autores: | Silva,Leila Cristina Ferreira; Miranda,Angélica Espinosa; Batalha,Rosieny Santos; Sabino,Carolina; Dib,Elizabeth Cristina Dantas; Costa,Carolina Marinho da; Ramasawmy,Rajendranath; Talhari,Sinésio.
Data: | 2012-08-01
Ano: | 2012
Palavras-chave: | Chlamydia trachomatis; HIV; Women; Amazonas.
Resumo: | This was a cross-sectional study aimed to determine the prevalence of and to identify risk factors for Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected women attending the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) clinic in the city of Manaus, Brazil, in 2009-2010. Participants answered a questionnaire containing demographic, epidemiological, and clinical data. A genital specimen was collected during examination to detect CT-DNA by hybrid capture, and blood samples were taken to determine CD4+T and HIV viral load. There were 329 women included in the study. Median age was 32 years (IQR = 27-38) and median schooling was nine years (IQR = 4-11). The prevalence of CT was 4.3% (95%CI: 2.1-6.5). Logistic regression analysis showed that age between 18-29 years [OR = 4.1(95%CI: 1.2-13.4)] and complaint of pelvic pain [OR = 3.7 (95%CI: 1.2-12.8)] were independently associated with CT. The use of condom was inversely associated with CT [OR = 0.39 (95%CI: 0.1-0.9)]. The results showed that younger women who did not use condoms are at a higher risk for CT. Screening for sexually transmitted infections must be done routinely and safe sexual practices should be promoted among this population.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702012000400004
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1016/j.bjid.2012.06.023
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.16 n.4 2012
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess