Prevalence and genotyping of Chlamydia trachomatis in symptomatic male patients from Istanbul, Turkey
SpringerPlus, cilt.5, sa.1, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 5 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2016
- Doi Numarası: 10.1186/s40064-016-3370-3
- Dergi Adı: SpringerPlus
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Chlamydia trachomatis, Epidemiology, Genotype distribution
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Kırklareli Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
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.