Impact of chlamidia trachomatis infection on chronic pelvic pain

Summary: Impact of Chlamydia trachomatis infection on chronic pelvic pain. The aim of the study was to determine whether women with chronic pelvic pain and Chlamydia infection differ from women with chronic pelvic pain without Chlamydia infection in respect of findings on laparoscopy and sexual behaviour. In a study conducted from April 2006 to December 2009, we monitored a group of 129 female patients suffering from chronic pelvic pain of more than 6 months duration. All monitored patients underwent laparoscopy, and during the procedure, swabs were taken from their Fallopian tubes and cervix, which were immunofluorescensed for the presence of Chlamydia trachomatis antigen. The patients were divided into two groups (Chlamydia positive and Chlamydia negative) according to the presence of Chlamydia antigen. The patients completed questionnaires covering the age at first sexual intercourse, number of lifetime and current sexual partners, frequency of sexual intercourse and the method of contraception. The differences in findings on laparoscopy and questionnaire results of women with positive and negative proof of Chlamydia infection were studied. Fisher's exact test was used for data description and group differences analysis. We observed that 30,2% (n=39) of a cohort of 129 women with chronic pelvic pain were..