Preliminary Results of a Screening Programme for Chlamydia in an Asymptomatic Young Population in Spain

Frontiers in Public Health

Álvaro Vilela²  Pere Godoy³  Oriol Yuguero⁴  Raquel Laín⁵  Jesús Aramburu⁶  Jose Manuel Fernández-Armenteros⁷ 

[1] Agència de Salut Pública de Catalunya, Lleida, Spain;Cap Onze de Setembre, Institut Català de la Salut, Lleida, Spain;Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER) de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Epidemiology and Public Health Networking Biomedical Research Centre (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain;Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain;Institut de Recerca Biomédica de Lleida Fundació Dr. Pifarré (IRBLleida), Lleida, Spain;Secció Microbiologia, Laboratori Clínic, Hospital Universitari Arnau de VIlanova (HUAV), Lleida, Spain;Secció de Dermatologia, Hospital Universitari, Lleida, Spain;

关键词: sexually transmitted infections;    Chlamydia trachomatis;    screening;    prevention;    emergencies and health services;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2021.615110

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Introduction:Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection has increased in recent years, reaching 127 million cases in 2016. Possible complications, especially among women, require intervention for early detection of the infection. The objective of our study was to determine the prevalence of CT infection in a young, sexually active, asymptomatic population.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between December 2017 and 31 December 2018 among young patients aged 18–25 years attending the emergency room for any reason. The presence of CT and other STIs in urine was determined by the Allplex Nucleic Acid Amplification Test (NAAT) with a urine sample. All patients testing positive were followed by the STD unit and tests on all sexual partners/contacts were offered. Moreover, we obtained data about sexual habits and risk factors via a self-reporting questionnaire.Results: One thousand three hundred eight patients were eligible for inclusion of whom 298 consented to participate. Of these, 22/298 (7.4%) were diagnosed with CT. Young people with two or more sexual partners in the last month and those suffering from infection by ureaplasma were at greater risk of infection by CT. Up to 50% of participants do not use barrier methods.Conclusion: The prevalence of infection by CT in the asymptomatic young population is higher than expected according to the recent literature in Spain. The scarce use of barrier methods among this population may be one of the causes of this increase and one of the targets to work on in order to reduce the prevalence of the infection.

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