Resumen

ALFIERI, Ana; RAMIREZ, Luis Guillermo; ARCILA, Noemí  y  GUEVARA, Yelitza. Determinación de anticuerpos contra Chlamydia trachomatis en  pacientes del Servicio de Infertilidad del Centro Médico “Dr. Rafael Guerra Méndez”, Valencia, Venezuela  . Rev. Soc. Ven. Microbiol. [online]. 2005, vol.25, n.1, pp.47-49. ISSN 1315-2556.

Abstract     Chlamydia trachomatis, is an intracellular bacteria that affects macrophages and epithelial cells, multiplying in their interior. It attacks both sexes and it can produce an alteration of the reproductive tract, for what is an important human and animal pathogen. However, the methods for Chlamydia diagnosis are even inadequate. In the present study, antibodies against Chlamydia were identified by "ImmunoComb bivalent Chlamydia" technique, in 34 serum samples of infection suspicious patients' (23 female patients, 11 male patients), that attended at the Infertility Service (Embriogen). 9 patients were positive (26.4%) [8 feminine patients (88.8%) and 1 masculine patient (11.1%)] of the studied samples. In conclusion, the detection of specific Ig G antibodies facilitates the diagnosis of Chlamydia infections, because is fast, sensitive and specific.

Palabras clave : Infection; Chlamydia; InmunoComb  .