Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Floor Disorders, Department of Subspecialty Care for Women's Health, Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. Electronic address: wallacs8@ccf.org.
Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and reconstructive Surgery Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, 250 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: Christina.LewickyGaupp@nm.org.
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory Gyn/Ob Clinic, 1365 Clifton Road, Bldg A, 4th Floor, Attention Daphne Blow, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Electronic address: Linder.Brian@mayo.edu.
Urogynecology/Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (Urogynecology), Women's Health Institute, Cleveland, Ohio.
Department of Surgery, Stanford Pelvic Health Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
Gonorrhea and chlamydia infections remain a significant public health concern with most cases occurring in adults younger than 25 years old. Diagnosis relies on nucleic acid amplification testing as t...
The role of infectious agents, including Chlamydia pneumoniae (Cpn), in the development of multiple sclerosis (MS), is still a matter of major contention....
This meta-analysis study aimed to assess the actual involvement of Cpn in MS development....
We undertook a search of international scientific databases to identify eligible studies. We used a random-effects meta-analysis model (REM) to generate the pooled odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence i...
We identified 37 studies comprising 51 datasets that satisfied the inclusion criteria. Considering diagnostic methods for Cpn, 26 and 25 datasets used PCR- and serological-based methods, respectively....
Our findings verify the significant positive relationship between Cpn infection and MS. We advocate prospective cohort studies with lifelong follow-ups and also experimental studies to better understa...
Chlamydia vaccines are currently under development and have the potential to lower the incidence of infection and disease, which are highest among adolescents and young adults. Ideally, a chlamydia va...
Semistructured interviews were conducted with parents of adolescents. Topics included conversations parents have with their children about chlamydia, opinions on chlamydia vaccine development, and vac...
From March to April 2021, 21 interviews were completed. Few parents discuss chlamydia with their children and sex education was seen as limited. Overall, 16 parents indicated that a chlamydia vaccine ...
Although parents think that chlamydia vaccines are needed, lack of awareness about infections and potential benefits of vaccination could serve as barriers to uptake. Healthcare provider recommendatio...
Chlamydia disproportionately affects individuals aged 15-24 years. A lack of chlamydia knowledge in this high-risk group likely contributes to decreased testing, but interventions to increase chlamydi...
A pre- and post-test design was used to evaluate participant knowledge of chlamydia before and after completing a nurse-developed web-based education intervention designed for university students....
Forty-seven undergraduate students at one U.S. university participated. A focus group and scientific evidence informed the development of the web-based education....
Participants had a significant increase in chlamydia knowledge after completing the online educational intervention (M = 8.0, SD = 0.000) compared to baseline (M = 6.5, SD = 1.5), t(33) = -5.821, p < ...
Tongue kissing is a poorly studied risk factor for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). We undertook the first systematic review to assess whether kissing is a risk factor for gonorrhea or chlamydi...
Online databases (MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Science, Cochrane) and reference lists were searched until September 30, 2022. The eligibility criteria for studies included: any peer-reviewed study ...
Of 8248 studies screened, 6 were eligible for review. All were conducted among men who have sex with men in Australia, including 3 prospective cohort studies, 2 cross-sectional studies, and 1 age-matc...
This systematic review summarized the existing evidence that suggests that tongue kissing may be a risk factor for oropharyngeal gonorrhea but not chlamydia. Reinforcing the message that oropharyngeal...
Chlamydia are obligate intracellular bacteria that reside within a membrane-bound compartment called the chlamydial inclusion inside a eukaryotic host cell. These pathogens have a complex biphasic dev...
Chlamydia abortus, as a pathogen of atypical pneumonia, is rare in humans, especially in HIV infection patients....
We present the case of a 48-year-old man with a history of HIV infection who started high fever and developed pneumonia. The pathogen-targeted next-generation sequencing (ptNGS) results of bronchial l...
This is the first report of Chlamydia abortus infection presented as atypical pneumonia in an AIDS patient....
Besides the regulation of many cellular pathways, ubiquitination is important for defense against invading pathogens. Some intracellular bacteria have evolved deubiquitinase (DUB) effector proteins, w...
Our study assessed adolescents' and emerging adults' (ages 14-24 years) preferences for opt-out gonorrhea and chlamydia screening compared with risk-based screening. Most participants (93%) preferred ...
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) like chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and trichomoniasis contribute significantly to global morbidity and mortality. Researchers are pursuing vaccines for these S...
We searched seven databases for literature on STI vaccine acceptability, then conducted title/abstract and full-text reviews to assess eligibility. All reviews and abstractions were conducted blindly ...
Eight of the original 2,259 texts of interest met inclusion criteria. After data abstraction, we found that gonorrhea was the most commonly examined, followed by chlamydia and syphilis. Trichomoniasis...
As the incidence of bacterial and parasitic STIs increase, and as we grow nearer vaccines for these illnesses, understanding how likely the public is to accept and receive these vaccines is crucial to...