Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the prevalence and distribution of urogenital Chlamydia trachomatis genotypes in symptomatic male patients who were referred to the clinics of the Istanbul Faculty of Medicine. Of 419 urogenital swabs, 57 samples (13.6 %) were positive for C. trachomatis. Genotype distribution of C. trachomatis-positive samples identified five genetic variants namely genotype E as the most prevalent (36.4 %), followed by genotype G (23.6 %), H (21.8 %), D (16.4 %) and F (1.8 %). We believe that this is the first study on distribution of genotypes of C. trachomatis genital infections in symptomatic men in Istanbul, Turkey.
Highlights
Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) is an obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen, which continues to be the most commonly reported sexually transmitted bacterial infection and causes substantial morbidity and economic loss worldwide (WHO 2008)
Compared to the majority of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), C. trachomatis infection is still the most frequently reported STI with 384.555 cases of C. trachomatis infection recorded in EU countries in 2013 (ECDC 2015)
A total of 419 urogenital swab specimen from symptomatic male patients were studied for C. trachomatis. 57 out of these 419 samples (13.6 %) were DNA positive for C. trachomatis (Table 1)
Summary
Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) is an obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen, which continues to be the most commonly reported sexually transmitted bacterial infection and causes substantial morbidity and economic loss worldwide (WHO 2008). Compared to the majority of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), C. trachomatis infection is still the most frequently reported STI with 384.555 cases of C. trachomatis infection recorded in EU countries in 2013 (ECDC 2015). The prevalence of different serovars are indicators of the circulating C. trachomatis serovars in different geographical locations (Lysen et al 2004). While a direct correlation between clinical symptoms and certain serovars was found in some studies (Morre et al 2000), no association was found between urogenital infections and serovars in others (Lysen et al 2004).
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