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Sex Transm Infect 78:286-288 doi:10.1136/sti.78.4.286
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Chlamydia trachomatis in non-gonococcal urethritis patients and their heterosexual partners: routine testing by polymerase chain reaction

Table 1

Different groups of NGU patients, their Ct status, and female contacts

Group Number (average age, years) Ct positive (average age, years) Percentage of group Female contacts Percentage Ct positive
Ct= Chlamydia trachomatis
Total 283 (29) 100 (25) 35 Total 133 46
Contacts of Ct + men 59 78
Contacts of Ct+ index females 36 (25) 24 (24) 67 36 100
Contacts of all secondary females 92 (28) 32 (28) 38 97 26
(a) 22 concordant positive
(b) 3 discordant positive with Ct negative NGU partners
With multiple female contacts 5 3 10 60
With no traceable female contacts 155 (28) 44 28
Symptomatic NGU patients 143 (28) 57 (26) 40
Asymptomatic NGU patients 140 (27) 43 (24) 30

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