Lower Genital Tract Infection with Neisseria Gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia Trachomatis in Women Requesting Induced Abortion and in Their Sexual Partners

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Abstract
The prevalence and patterns of gonococcal and chlamydial infection were investigated in a prospective microbiological study on 3,395 women requesting abortion and the sexual partners of culture positive women (organism identified). Neisseria gonorrhoeae was found in only 1.8% of 3,395 women during the whole study period of 7 years, but Chlamydia trachomatis in 13.5% of 1,635 women in the last 3 years. Women with positive cultures were significantly younger (p<p<Chlamydiae trachomatis should be considered for all women requesting abortion. Tracing and screening for chlamydial and gonorrheal infection of sexual partners of culture‐positive women is necessary as a preventive measure.