Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy and Tubal Infertility Following Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Infections

Joanne Reekie; Basil Donovan; Rebecca Guy; Jane S. Hocking; John M. Kaldor; Donna Mak; David Preen; James Ward; Bette Liu

doi:10.1093/cid/ciz145

Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy and Tubal Infertility Following Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Infections

Joanne Reekie
, Basil Donovan
, Rebecca Guy
, Jane S. Hocking
, John M. Kaldor
, Donna Mak
, David Preen
, James Ward
, Bette Liu^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Gonorrhea and chlamydia are important causes of pelvic inflammatory disease. Chlamydia also causes long-term sequelae, but the role of gonorrhea is unclear. We followed 300 000 reproductive-aged women for 10 years for ectopic pregnancy and tubal infertility; our findings suggest both infections confer similar increases in risk of these outcomes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1621-1623
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Infectious Diseases
Volume	69
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz145
Publication status	Published - 15 Oct 2019
Externally published	Yes

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chlamydia
ectopic pregnancy
gonorrhea
infertility

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