Gynecological chlamydial infections in practice

Abstract

Abstract

Chlamydia trachomatis is potentially affecting the women health. The disease doesn’t have symptoms or progresses at a light level. Therefore, carrier women constitute a reservoir continuously. It may be result in serious pelvic inflammatory disease, pelvic pain, infertility, and ectopic pregnancy in women. But, the processes that result in these pathologies have not been determine. The aim of this paper, microbiologic, pathophysiological and epidemiologic clinics and diagnosis, treatment, prevention methods and control precautions of the genital chlamydia infections will be reviewed and discussed in terms of various aspects for women.

Keywords: Chlamydia trachomatis, women health, genital infection.

Özet

Clamidya trohomatis enfeksiyonu, belirti vermeden yavaş seyrederek, kadın sağlığını büyük oranda etkilemektedir. Bu yüzden taşıyıcı kadınlarda sürekli olarak başkalarına bulaştırma potansiyeli vardir. Enfeksiyon, kadınlarda pelvik inflamatuvar hastalıklara, kasık ağrısına, kısırlığa ve dış gebeliğe sebep olabilir. Bu hastalıkların sekelleri henüz net olarak belirlenememiştir. Bu yazının amacı, adın sağlığı için, clamidya trohomatis etkenini, mikrobiyolojik, patofizyolojik ve epidemiyolojik olarak incelemek ve tanı, tedavi, korunma yöntemleri ve genital klamidya enfeksiyonlara karşı alınması gereken tedbirleri gözden geçirerek, çeşitli yönleriyle tartışmaktır.

Anahtar sözcükler: Klamidya trohomatis, kadın sağlığı, genital enfeksiyon.

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