Abstract

INFANTE TAVIO, Nadia Inés et al. Risk factors associated with vaginal infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis . MEDISAN [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.5, pp.686-693. ISSN 1029-3019.

A case-control study was carried out in order to identify the potential causative association between some risk factors and the occurrence of vaginal infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis in females from the Infertility Department of "José Martí Pérez" Teaching Polyclinic in Santiago de Cuba municipality, from June to September 2010. Twenty five cases were included in the study and 3 controls were selected for each, while for the statistical calculations odds ratio and confidence interval were used. History of sexually transmitted infections and risky sexual conduct were the risk factors associated with vaginal infection by this bacterium.

Keywords : woman; Chlamydia trachomatis; risk factor; vaginal infection; primary health care.

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