Screening of Antenatal Lower Genital Tract Infection in Women of Saudi Arabia for Preventing Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight using PCR Techniques

The aim of this study was to detect bacterial infection of: Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma spp. and Mycoplasma, from Saudi women samples. Samples were 100 from pregnant women attending the obstetrics and Gynecology clinic at Alymamah Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during March 2013 to March 2014....

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Published inJournal of pure & applied microbiology : an international research journal of microbiology Vol. 10; no. 4; pp. 2577 - 2583
Main Authors Hajjaj, Yasser Abdullah Al, Al-ssum, Rashead Musa, Shair, Omar H.M, Askari, Ejaz, Hatamleh, Ashraf Atef
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oriental Scientific Publishing Company 01.12.2016
Subjects
Diagnosis
Female genital diseases
Health screening
Low birth weight
Methods
Observations
Polymerase chain reaction
Premature birth
Prevention
Saudi Arabia
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Summary:The aim of this study was to detect bacterial infection of: Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma spp. and Mycoplasma, from Saudi women samples. Samples were 100 from pregnant women attending the obstetrics and Gynecology clinic at Alymamah Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during March 2013 to March 2014. DNA was successfully amplified from 56 samples. The results of this study indicated more reliable method which detected Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma spp. and Mycoplasma which caused vaginitis in lower genital, showed high frequency of both Mycoplasma spp (44.6%) and Ureaplasma spp (30.4%) infection among Saudi pregnant women. Association of Mycoplasma spp, Ureaplasma spp, and C. trachomatis has been observed but no association was observed between M. hominis, M. genitalium and U.urealyticum. Keywords: Chlamydia, Mycoplasma; Ureaplasma; Vaginitis.
ISSN:0973-7510
DOI:10.22207/JPAM.10.4.13