Screening of Antenatal Lower Genital Tract Infection in Women of Saudi Arabia for Preventing Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight using PCR Techniques | Zendy

Yasser Al Hajjaj | Zendy; Rashead Al-ssum | Zendy; Omar H.M. Shair | Zendy; Ejaz Askari | Zendy; Ashraf Atef Hatamleh | Zendy

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Screening of Antenatal Lower Genital Tract Infection in Women of Saudi Arabia for Preventing Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight using PCR Techniques

Author(s) -

Yasser Al Hajjaj,

Rashead Al-ssum,

Omar H.M. Shair,

Ejaz Askari,

Ashraf Atef Hatamleh

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of pure and applied microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.149

H-Index - 16

eISSN - 2581-690X

pISSN - 0973-7510

DOI - 10.22207/jpam.10.4.13

Subject(s) - obstetrics , medicine , low birth weight , genital tract , birth weight , sex organ , pregnancy , gynecology , biology , physiology , genetics

The aim of this study was to detect bacterial infection of: Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma spp. and Mycoplasma, from Saudi women samples. Samples were 100 from pregnant women attending the obstetrics and Gynecology clinic at Alymamah Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia during March 2013 to March 2014. DNA was successfully amplified from 56 samples. The results of this study indicated more reliable method which detected Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma spp. and Mycoplasma which caused vaginitis in lower genital, showed high frequency of both Mycoplasma spp (44.6%) and Ureaplasma spp (30.4%) infection among Saudi pregnant women. Association of Mycoplasma spp, Ureaplasma spp, and C. trachomatis has been observed but no association was observed between M. hominis, M. genitalium and U.urealyticum.

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