Chlamydia trachomatis infection of the Fallopian tubes. Histological findings in two patients.

The British journal of venereal diseases ·Vol. 55 ·No. 6 ·1979-12-00 ·Pages 422-8

Møller BR, Weström L, Ahrons S, Ripa KT, Svensson L, von Mecklenburg C, Henrikson H, Mårdh PA

Abstract

In two patients with acute salpingitis, C. trachomatis was isolated from the cervix. In one of the patients, the organism was also recovered from the Fallopian tubes, and in the other, chlamydial inclusions were found in Giemsa-stained tubal epithelial cells. A significant change in micro-immunofluorescence antibodies to C. trachomatis occurred in both patients during the course of the disease. The Fallopian tubes of both patients were removed and studied by conventional histological techniques and, in the case of one of them, by transmission electron microscopy.

MeSH Terms

Adult Antibodies, Bacterial/analysis Chlamydia Infections/pathology Chlamydia trachomatis/immunology Fallopian Tubes/ultrastructure Female Humans Microscopy, Electron Salpingitis/etiology,pathology

Chemicals

Antibodies, Bacterial

Authors & Affiliations

8 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Møller B R

Weström L

Ahrons S

Ripa K T

Svensson L

von Mecklenburg C

Henrikson H

Mårdh P A

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Article Info

Journal

The British journal of venereal diseases

Abbr.

Br J Vener Dis

ISSN

0007-134X

DOI

10.1136/sti.55.6.422

Published

1979-12-00

Pages

422-8

Language

English

Region

England

NLM ID

0421042

PMCID

PMC1045702

Subset

External Links

PubMed source DOI: 10.1136/sti.55.6.422 PMC Full Text

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