Naslov
Distribution of Chlamydia trachomatis Serotypes in Clinical Urogenital Samples from North-Eastern Croatia

Autori
Bošnjak, Zinka ; Džijan, Snježana ; Pavlinić, Dinko ; Perić, Magdalena ; Ružman, Nataša ; Roksandić Križan, Ivana ; Lauc, Gordan ; Antolović-Požgain, Arlen ; Burazin, Jelena ; Vuković, Dubravka

Izvornik
Current microbiology (0343-8651) 64 (2012), 6; 522-560

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Chlamydia trachomatis; prevalence; serotype distribution; Omp1 gene sequence analysis

Sažetak
The purpose of this study was to determine prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) urogenital infection and its serotype distribution from clinical samples in north-eastern Croatia. During a 3-year period, 2, 379 urogenital samples were analyzed by real-time polymerase chain reaction (A group), while 4, 846 genital swabs were analyzed by direct fluorescent antibody test (B group). 132 Ct positive specimens were genotyped by omp1 gene sequencing. The prevalence rate of Ct was 3.2 % in A and 1 % in B group. The most prevalent chlamydial genotype was E (44 %), followed by F (33 %), K (11.5 %), G (8 %), J/UW (5.3 %), D-IC (4.4 %), D-B120 (1.8 %), and B/IU, J/IU, Ia/IU (0.9 % each) serotypes. Single- nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of omp1 gene were detected in E, K, and G serotypes. Some of these SNPs (C/T at position 272 and G/A at position 813 in E strain ; C/T at position 884 in D strain) might represent novel omp1 variants.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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