The difference in determinants of Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium in a sample of young Australian women'

J Walker; CK Fairley; CS Bradshaw; SN Tabrizi; MY Chen; J Twin; N Taylor; B Donovan; JK Kaldor; K McNamee; E Urban; S Walker; M Currie; H Birden; F Bowden; J Gunn; M Pirotta; L Gurrin; V Harindra; S Garland; JS Hocking

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The difference in determinants of Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium in a sample of young Australian women'

J Walker, CK Fairley, CS Bradshaw, SN Tabrizi, MY Chen, J Twin, N Taylor, B Donovan, JK Kaldor, K McNamee, E Urban, S Walker, M Currie, H Birden, F Bowden, J Gunn, M Pirotta, L Gurrin, V Harindra, S Garland Show all

BMC Infectious Diseases | Published : 2011

DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-35

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Abstract

Background: Differences in the determinants of Chlamydia trachomatis ('chlamydia') and Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) genital infection in women are not well understood.Methods: A cohort study of 16 to 25 year old Australian women recruited from primary health care clinics, aimed to determine chlamydia and MG prevalence and incidence. Vaginal swabs collected at recruitment were used to measure chlamydia and MG prevalence, organism-load and chlamydia-serovar a cross-sectional analysis undertaken on the baseline results is presented here.Results: Of 1116 participants, chlamydia prevalence was 4.9% (95% CI: 2.9, 7.0) (n = 55) and MG prevalence was 2.4% (95% CI: 1.5, 3.3) (n = 27). Differences in th..

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[ "This project was funded by the Commonwealth of Australia, as part of a National Chlamydia Pilot program that is currently running to test the effectiveness of a number of models for chlamydia testing in Australia. This project will assist in developing possible recommendations for a National Chlamydia Program.", "The analysis of MG was funded by the National Health and Research Council (research grant number 509144)." ]