Prevalência de clamídia em gestantes adolescentes triadas pelo programa estadual de proteção a gestantes de Mato Grosso do Sul em 2011

Abstract

Introduction: Currently infection in pregnant women is a major public health problem and Chlamydia trachomatis is responsible for the largest numbers of cases of bacterial sexually transmissible. Objective: To analyze the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infection in pregnant adolescents, Establishing correlation of data obtained with the literature, which identify the age group most affected by Chlamydia among pregnant women, Methods: We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study in which pregnant adolescents screened were analyzed from January to December 2011, through the Programa Estadual de Proteção a Gestantes (PEPG), performed in Instituto de Pesquisa Ensino e Diagnóstico da APAE de Campo Grande (IPED-APAE). Results: The present study showed a prevalence of 5.05% of infection by C. trachomatis in all women screened in Mato Grosso do Sul, while in the target age range (10 19) years was 3.02% of total positive at ages 20 to 29 years (5.76% of total the positive), 30 - 39 years 5.55%, and 40 or more years of 6.15%;Conclusions: The age, it was observed that the positivity for C. trachomatis was lower, we can conclude from this study that the prevalence of adolescents infected with C. trachomatis is smaller than those of young adults.