CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS AS POSSIBLE CAUSE OF PERITONITIS AND PERI-HEPATITIS IN YOUNG-WOMEN

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. © 1978, British Medical Journal Publishing Group. All rights reserved.