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Table 3 Prevalence of current genital C.trachomatis infection by PCR in the unexplained group in relation to type and duration using the PCR technique

From: Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in Egyptian women with unexplained infertility, comparing real-time PCR techniques to standard serology tests: case control study

 

Type of infertility

 

Infertility duration

 
 

1ry

2ry

P

<5 years

≥5 years

p

Ct PCR + ve (n = 3)

0.0 (0 %)

3 .0 (21 %)

0.019

1.0 (4.0 %)

2.0 (8.0 %)

0.602

Ct PCR-ve (n = 47)

36 (100 %)

11 (79 %)

 

25 (96 %)

22 (92 %)

 
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