Research Article
Chlamydia trachomatis as possible cause of peritonitis and perihepatitis in young women.
Br Med J 1978; 1 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.1.6119.1022 (Published 22 April 1978) Cite this as: Br Med J 1978;1:1022- J W Müller-Schoop,
- S P Wang,
- J Munzinger,
- H U Schläpfer,
- M Knoblauch,
- R W Tammann
Abstract
Of 11 young women with acute peritonitis proved by laparoscopy, seven of whom also had perihepatitis, nine had serological evidence of recent infection with Chlamydia trachomatis; In five of these nine patients high antibody titres to chlamydiae were found without laboratory evidence of gonococcal infection, while the other four had evidence of simultaneous gonococcal infection. C trachomatis may play an important part in peritoneal inflammation previously attributed only to gonococci.