Epidemiological analysis of detection of Chlamydia trachomatis from 2005 to 2014 in our laboratory using nonculture tests such as IDEIA^TM PCE Chlamydia

Abstract

We performed epidemiological analysis of the detection of Chlamydia trachomatis from urine and cervical secretions from 2005 to 2014. The total numbers of specimens were 11,646 from females and 1,926 from males. The positivity rate of female specimens was 6.7% (783/11,646) and that of male specimens was 15.8% (306/1,926). For both males and females, those in their 30s had the highest positivity rate, but the number of those positive for this bacterium decreased with age.