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Shukla D, Kalyan RK, Gupta P, Venkatesh V, Kumari R, Deo S, Agarwal A, Survirya S. Genital Tract Infections and Their Correlation with Sociodemographic Features among Infertile Women at a Tertiary Care Center. Int J Infertil Fetal Med 2024; 15 (2):65-70.
In developing nations like India, genital tract infections (GTI) among women remain an underdiagnosed condition until they progress into complications. This study was planned to study GTI among infertile women attending infertility clinics. Samples from 105 married women for diagnosis of gonorrhea, Chlamydia trachomatis, candidiasis, trichomoniasis, bacterial vaginosis, syphilis, human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV), and hepatitis B were processed. The overall prevalence of reproductive tract infection (RTI) in the study population was 17.1% and the prevalence of chlamydial infection was 8.6%. Rural locality and illiteracy were found to be significantly correlated with infertility. The prevalence of different RTIs was candidiasis (10.5%), genital chlamydiosis (8.6%), bacterial vaginosis (5.7%), syphilis (2.9%), and gonorrhea (1%). Sociodemographic factors significantly correlated with Chlamydia trachomatis were positive history of RTI/sexually transmitted infection (STI) in the husband (72.2%), lower age-group, (44.4%), rural locality (100%), illiteracy (77.8%), and duration of marriage <5 years (44.4%). The genital discharge was the most common presentation.
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