Role of Chlamydia in the etiology of small pelvic inflammatory diseases
Objective. To analyze the results of the International Congress dedicated to chlamydial infection, by simultaneously analyzing the scientific literature on the topic.Dubrovina S.O.
Material and methods. The reports of the 8th Congress of the European Society for Chlamydia Research and the data of the studies found in international databases on this topic were examined.
Results. The molecular biology and genomics of Chlamydia, the diagnosis and immunology of its infection, as well as the efficiency of antibiotic therapy were the main issues considered at the Congress.
Conclusion. The efficacy of azithromycin in treating chlamydial infection and patients’ adherence to this type of therapy were substantiated.
Keywords
chlamydial infection
diagnosis
treatment
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Received 16.12.2016
Accepted 23.12.2016
About the Authors
Dubrovina Svetlana O., professor, MD, the main researcher of the Rostov Scientific and Research Institute of Obstetrics and Pediatrics, Ministry of Health of Russia;professor of chair of obstetrics and gynecology № 1 of the Rostov State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia.
344012, Russia, Rostov-on-Don, Mechnikova str. 43. Tel.: +78632343866. E-mail: s.dubrovina@gmail.com
For citations: Dubrovina S.O. The role of chlamydia in the etiology of inflammatory diseases of the pelvic organs. Akusherstvo i Ginekologiya/Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2017; (2): 119-24. (in Russian)
http://dx.doi.org/10.18565/aig.2017.2.119-24
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