Article
Major outer membrane protein variants of Chlamydia trachomatis are associated with severe upper genital tract infections and histopathology in San Francisco.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Oct 1995
Dean D, Oudens E, Bolan G, Padian N, Schachter J
Abstract excerpt
Cervical and endometrial samples from 33 women with lower genital tract infection (LGTI) or pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) were evaluated for Chlamydia trachomatis major outer membrane protein gene (omp1) polymorphism. Polymorphism was correlated with symptoms, clinical findings, and histopath...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Base Sequence
- Chlamydia Infections
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Genital Diseases, Female
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Pelvic Inflammatory Disease
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Porins
- San Francisco
- Sequence Homology