Prevalence of anti-Chalmydial Immunoglobulins in pregnant women in Al-Kadhimiya Teaching Hospital

M. Al-Hamdani, Suhad; A. Shemran, Haider; S Kadhim, Haider; Yasser, Hassan

	Prevalence of anti-Chalmydial Immunoglobulins in pregnant women in Al-Kadhimiya Teaching Hospital
Journal of College of Education
Article 1, Volume 0, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 59-70
Authors
Suhad M. Al-Hamdani; Haider A. Shemran; Haider S Kadhim; Hassan Yasser
Abstract
Background: The sexually transmitted microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis causes a medical problem world wide, especially for pregnant women as this infection may lead to different complications in pregnancy. Patient and Methods: In this study, 57 pregnant women with suspected Chlamydial infection were included from consultant clinic Al-Kadhimiya teaching hospital in Baghdad, with 17 pregnant women as control group. ELISA tests were done to detect the level of anti-chlamydial antibodies, IgM, IgG and IgA. Results: In our study we found IgM seropositivity to C.trachomatis in 85.96% of patients and 14.03 % of controls and similar results were found regarding IgG seropositivity in patients and control groups. IgA seropositivity to C.trachomatis was positive in 59.64% of patients and 40.35 % of controls. In our study we also found higher rates for seropositivity regarding antichlamydial antibodies of IgG, IgM and IgA types in patients with a history of more than one abortion compared to those who have negative history of abortion Conclusion: Antichlamydial antibodies of IgA, IgG and IgM types were found to be elevated in the study group and this may reflect the incidence of infection of Chlamydia trachomatis in our patients. Moreover it may reflect the relation of infection to repeated abortion as there was a high level of antichlamydial antibody in patients with history of more than one abortion.
Keywords
Chlamydia trachomatis; IgG; IgM; IgA; ELISA

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