[Association of Chlamydia trachomatis and human papilloma virus as predisposing factors in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia].

Human papilloma virus (HPV) has a predisposing association as cofactor in etiopathology of cervicouterine cancer; it is known also that viral infection is not enough, and there are other agents, as Chlamydia trachomatis. The objective of this study was to investigate the association of these cofactors as predisposal for intraepithelial cervical neoplasia (NIC). Prospectively, at Clinica de Colposcopia, Hospital de Ginecología y Obstetricia "Luis Castelazo Ayala", IMSS, 37 patients with cytologic, colposcopic and histological diagnosis of CIN pure or associated to HPV, underwent endocervical cytologies, and by immunofluorescence method, using monoclonal antibodies of conjugated fluoresceine, it was tried to demonstrate Chlamydia trachomatis, presence. From all patients, 12(32,4) were positive for Chlamydia trachomatis, significant percentually, and with Xi square of 0.32, non significant for this group of population. It is concluded that there is an important association of Chlamydia trachomatis and HPV, which should be taken into consideration in diagnosis and treatment of intraepithelial cervical neoplasia.