For the elucidation of the role of chlamydial infection in pathological pregnancies, serological examination by the CFT with group-specific and species ornithosis antigen was carried out on 723 blood serum specimens from women with obstetrical pathology, 124 specimens from patients with various chronic gynecological diseases and 124 control blood serum specimens from women with nromal pregnancy and favourable obstetrical anamnesis. The complement-fixing antibody (CF) was detected in 72 (9.9%) serum specimens from women with obstetrical pathology and chronic gynecological diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSerological examinations by the CFT with the group-specific ornithosis antigen were carried out with 1910 sera from patients with chronic diseases of the kidneys, urinary tracts and male sexual organs, as well as with 556 control sera from patients with cardio-vascular and other diseases for elucidation of the role of chlamydia (OLT group) in the infectious pathology of the kidneys and urinary tracts of man. No complement-fixing antibody was detected with the group-specific ornithosis antigen in control sera. The antibody was found in 5.
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