Prevalence of plasmid-bearing and plasmid-free Chlamydia trachomatis infection among women who visited obstetrics and gynecology clinics in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Yeow, T.C., Wong, Won Fen, Sabet, N.S., Sulaiman, S., Shahhosseini, F., Tan, G.M.Y., Movahed, E., Looi, C.Y., Shankar, E.M., Gupta, R., Arulanandam, B.P., Hassan, Jamiyah, AbuBakar, Sazaly
• Format: Article
• Published: BioMed Central 2016
• Subjects: R Medicine; RG Gynecology and obstetrics
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/18784/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-016-0671-1

Background: The 7.5 kb cryptic plasmid of Chlamydia trachomatis has been shown to be a virulence factor in animal models, but its significance in humans still remains unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and potential involvement of the C. trachomatis cryptic plasmid in c...