CHLAMYDIA-TRACHOMATIS ASSOCIATED WITH CHRONIC DYSURIA AMONG PATIENTS WITH SCHISTOSOMA-HAEMATOBIUM

Eighty-seven Egyptians with Schistosoma haematobium infection (current or past) and chronic dysuria seen at the Theodor Bilharz Research Ins titute outpatient urology clinic in Imbaba, Cairo, Egypt were investig ated for Chlamydia trachomatis infection. Direct fluorescent antibody tests (DFAT) showed 30 urethral swabs (35%) and 40 urine sediments (46 %) were positive for Chlamydia. Indirect fluorescent antibody testing showed 29 (34%) serum samples and 25 (29%) urethral smears were positi ve for Chlamydia. There was a highly significant association between p atients with active Schistosoma infection and those with urine and ure thral specimens positive for Chlamydia by DFAT (P<0.01).