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Cervicovaginal microbial features predict <i>Chlamydia trachomatis</i> spread to the upper genital tract of infected women
2024-11-28
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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> <h4>Introduction</h4> Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility and other reproductive sequelae when it ascends to the upper genital tract. Factors including chlamydial burden, co-infection with other sexually-transmitted bacterial pathogens and oral contraceptive use influence risk for upper genital tract spread. Cervicovaginal microbiome composi...
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- Literature Corpus work
- ad90a9bc-948b-5510-8253-3f1891186ad8
- DOI
- 10.1101/2024.11.26.625070
