Chlamydia trachomatisin term pregnancy. Isolation and serological study with a case report

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Abstract
The prevalence of cervical C. trachomatis infection in healthy, symptomless full-term pregnant women (n = 92) was found to be low (1.1%). Chlamydial cervical IgA antibodies, as measured by solid-phase radioimmunoassay (RIA), were found in 5.3%, but amniotic fluid chlamydial RIA IgA antibodies were almost absent. Serum IgG antibodies were measured with indirect immunofluorescence (IF). Of the mothers, 9.8% had a titer .gtoreq. 1:64, correlating closely with the figure of 10.9% for infants'' cord-blood immunofluorescent serology. A case report is presented. A child born to a C. trachomatis positive mother developed isolation positive chlamydial pneumonia.

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