Genital infections with Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Ghanaian women.

Abstract

Women who attended the gynecology clinic or were admitted to the postpartum ward of Korle Bu Hospital, Accra, Ghana were tested for infection with C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae. Eight (4.9%) of 162 gynecological patients were infected with C. trachomatis and 5 (3.1%) with N. gonorrhoeae, and respective prevalences among 148 postpartum women were 7.7% (3/39) and 3.4% (5/148). Among 40 gynecological patients who were not pregnant and whose principal complaint was of lower abdominal pain, 4 (10%) were infected with C. trachomatis and none with N. gonorrhoeae. Antibodies against serovars D, E, F, and G were common, and 3 typable isolates were serovar G. C. trachomatis would appear to be more common than N. gonorrhoeae in obstetric and gynecological patients in Ghana.