BACKGROUND Miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before 12 weeks (early
miscarriage) or from 12 to 24 weeks (late miscarriage) of gestation. Miscarriage occurs in …

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Sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis infections are a serious public-health problem.
With more than 90 million new cases occurring annually, C. trachomatis is the most common …

Among 640 randomly selected women who were attending a sexually transmitted disease
clinic and did not have trichomoniasis, 33% had bacterial vaginosis as defined by a …

Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an infection-caused inflammatory continuum from the
cervix to the peritoneal cavity. Most importantly, it is associated with fallopian tube …

Genital chlamydial infection is increasing and is now more common than gonorrhea. A
sizable percentage of chlamydial infections of the lower genital tract in women progress to …

The objective of this study was to examine genital tissue, vaginal fluid, and vaginal microbial
flora at 3 phases of the menstrual cycle in asymptomatic women. Vaginal examinations were …

Many cases of mucopurulent cervicitis (MPC) are idiopathic and cannot be attributed to the
known cervical pathogens Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis or herpes …

Objectives: To study the prevalence, symptoms, and signs of Mycoplasma genitalium and
Chlamydia trachomatis infections in women attending a Swedish STD clinic, accessible for …

Health consequences of sexually transmitted diseases disproportionately affect women,
making it important to determine whether newly emerged pathogens cause sequelae …