PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Davies, J A AU - Rees, E AU - Hobson, D AU - Karayiannis, P TI - Isolation of Chlamydia trachomatis from Bartholin's ducts. AID - 10.1136/sti.54.6.409 DP - 1978 Dec 01 TA - The British Journal of Venereal Diseases PG - 409--413 VI - 54 IP - 6 4099 - http://sti.bmj.com/content/54/6/409.short 4100 - http://sti.bmj.com/content/54/6/409.full SO - Br J Vener Dis1978 Dec 01; 54 AB - Exudate from Bartholin's ducts from 30 selected patients was investigated for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae. N. gonorrhoeae was isolated from the duct exudate in 24 patients and C. trachomatis in nine. Concurrent infection of the ducts was present in seven (29.2%); the remaining two patients were sexual contacts of men with non-specific urethritis. The duct exudate was mucopus in seven patients, cloudy mucus in one, and clear mucus in the other. Although contamination of the vulva by C. trachomatis derived from cervical or urethral infection cannot be excluded, three cases are described which suggest that a true infection of the duct occurs and may persist after gonococcal infection has been cured.