[Antibodies against the chlamydial heat shock protein in women with periadnexal adhesions].

OBJECTIVE

To compare and analyze IgG antibodies against chlamydial heat shock protein (cHSP60) in the blood serum of women with or without periadnexal adhesions in small pelvis.

DESIGN

Retrospective study.

SETTING

Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Masaryk University, Brno, Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty Hospital Brno.

METHODS

IgG antibodies against cHSP60 in the blood serum were detected by means of recombinant enzyme immunoanalysis ("cHSP60 - IgG - rELISA medac"). The presence of antibodies was expressed as +, ++ or +++ pozitive. Laparoscopy according to a standard procedure was performed in 76 women (age 28 +/- 43 years) from couples with fertility disorders treated in the Centre of Reproductive Medicine, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. Chí-square test (programme Statcalc - EpiInfo 6) and calculation of OR value were used for statistical analysis.

RESULTS

Twenty-four women (31.6%) had normal finding in small pelvis. Periadnexal adhesions were detected in 43 (56.6%) patients, hydrosalpinx in 13 cases (17.1%), endometriosis in 27 (35.5%) patients and uterine myomas in 11 (145%) women. In the group of 33 women without periadnexal adhesions cHSP-60 antibodies were pozitive in 3 women (9.1%), in 43 women with periadnexal adhesions were pozitive in 17 cases (39.5%). In 13 patients with hydrosalpinx cHSP-60 antibodies were pozitive in 61.5%. In patients with periadnexal adhesions semiquantitative pozitivity +++ was detected in 8 cases (18.6%), 4 of them with hydrosalpinx (30.8%). Statistical analysis found significantly higher presence of cHSP-60 antibodies in women with periadnexal adhesions (OR = 654, CI interval = 1.59 - 37.81, chi-square: p = 0.0028)

CONCLUSION

Women with periadnexal adhesions have more frequent and stronger pozitivity of IgG antibodies against chlamydial heat shock protein cHSP60.