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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"pelvic inflammatory disease"”.
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Characterization of Redox Active Natural Compounds in Chlamydia Infection
… to the upper genital tract in women to cause 1) pelvic inflammatory disease, 2) inflammation of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and ovaries/pelvic peritoneum, and 3) infertility. Because of the medical burden and the growing threat of antibiotic resistance for Ct, there is an urgent need for new …
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Determinants of Upper Genital Tract Complications in a Chlamydial Urogenital Mouse Model
… health by serious complications such as Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, ectopic pregnancy, and involuntary infertility. Widespread Chlamydia control programs were implemented more than two decades ago to improve women's reproductive health but, despite initial success, the number of …
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The development of a combined simulation approach in a sexual health context: combining discrete event and system dynamics simulation to form a composite model
… particularly in women has been associated with Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID). A System Dynamics (SD) model of Chlamydia prevalence has been constructed to evaluate different screening strategies. The SD model incorporates risk groups, ageing, gender, heterosexual and homosexual relationships …
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The Chlamydia Trachomatis Protein Interaction Network: Insights into the Unique Composition of the Type Three Secretion System
… that can cause severe sequelae including cause pelvic inflammatory disease and sterility. This obligate intracellular pathogen effectively manipulates host cellular functions by secreting virulence factors across its membrane bound vacuole. Identifying these virulence components and how they …
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Identification of Chlamydial Iron-Responsive Proteins during Intracellular Growth.
… cause of bacterial sexually transmitted disease. Genital chlamydial infections, marked by chronic, intense inflammation, can lead to genital tissue scarring and infertility and is a contributing factor to development of pelvic inflammatory disease and ectopic pregnancy. Iron is required …
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Misdiagnosis of Appendicitis in Women in a Resource Limited Setting: Lessons from South Africa
… Of these 48 that were misdiagnosed, 22 (46%) had pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), 15 (31%) had a normal appendix, 10 (21%) had ovarian cysts and (2%) had endometriosis. Gynaecologic bimanual examination was performed in 123 (68.3%) patients. Twelve (6.7%) patients had a CT scan and 16 (8.9%) had …
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Misdiagnosis of Appendicitis in Women in a Resource Limited Setting: Lessons from South Africa
… Of these 48 that were misdiagnosed, 22 (46%) had pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), 15 (31%) had a normal appendix, 10 (21%) had ovarian cysts and (2%) had endometriosis. Gynaecologic bimanual examination was performed in 123 (68.3%) patients. Twelve (6.7%) patients had a CT scan and 16 (8.9%) had …
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Exploring a Novel Anti-Gonococcal Compound for Combating Drug-Resistant <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i>
… eyes, resulting in severe complications such as pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility if untreated. The rise in antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea underscores the urgent need for new therapeutics. To address this, suitable strains of N. gonorrhoeae for in vivo study were constructed. N. …
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Bacterial and host dynamics of Mycoplasma genitalium infection of the human female reporductive tract
… pathogen that is associated with several inflammatory syndromes including cervicitis and pelvic inflammatory disease. Despite the clinical associations of MG with inflammatory sequeale, no experimental evidence was available for the capacity to establish infection of the female …
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Identifying and revealing gaps in health disparities amongst pelvic cancer patients: a grounded-theory meta-analysis approach
… determinants of health create barriers for pelvic cancer patients, and including qualitative measures in clinical research is imperative to assess all variables that contribute to rates of pelvic cancer. The aim of this study was to determine the barriers that pelvic cancer patients face in …
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Antigen Trafficking within <em>Chlamydia trachomatis</em>-Infected Polarized Human Endometrial Epithelial Cells.
… and can cause deleterious sequelae such as pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and ectopic pregnancy. Several chlamydial antigens reach the host cell cytosol prior to the natural release of chlamydiae at the end of the developmental cycle. While some of these extra-inclusion antigens …
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Characterizing the genotypic and phenotypic diversity of Gardnerella vaginalis from vaginal clinical samples
… been associated with pregnancy complications, pelvic inflammatory disease as well as acquisition and transmission of sexually transmitted diseases. While the etiology of BV is not well characterized, it is understood that Gardnerella vaginalis plays a critical role in BV by initiating the …
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Elucidating the chlamydial growth characteristics, infection factors, and host responses to persistent chlamydial infection in women
… infection include urethritis, cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease and tubal factor infertility. These pathological conditions are caused by the immune response to both acute and chronic chlamydial infections. Evidence suggests a high proportion of infections remain subclinical until …
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Prevalence and quality of syndromic diagnosis of sexually transmitted infections within the Kisumu incidence cohort study in Kisumu, Kenya
… pregnancy, anogenital cancer,infertility, pelvic inflammatory disease, and death. Thus, effective treatment needs to be prompt and accurate to control the spread, and morbidity and mortality of STIs. Even though syndromic approach to the management of STIs is effective, most evaluations …
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Recent Developments of Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma Infections in Women
The aim of this thesis was to elucidate developments in epidemiology, clinical manifestations and complications in Chlamydia trachomatis (C.trachomatis) and Mycoplasma genitalium (M.genitalium) infection. In study I the frequencies of non-gonococcal salpingitis, gonococcal salpingitis and ectopic …