Tested positive for Chlamydia and Ureaplasma

Hi, my girlfriend is pregnant (16 weeks) and back in August she was tested positive for Chlamydia and Ureaplasma - Chlamydia was found in vaginal secretions, but not in blood, Ureaplasma was tested for only vaginal. The tests were repeated in September and October with almost similar results. Furthermore, I was tested negative on two different occasions. We suspected that it is only antibodies showing up in the results, but nobody could give us a confident answer. We don't want to risk taking any antibiotics unless it is really necessary, so we're trying to find out exactly what these results mean. I have the test results saved in pdf format, and I can email them to you. Thank you for your help.

[Elaine Brown, MD]

Hi!
If I were your girlfriend's doctor, I would strongly encourage both of you to take antibiotics.
Additionally, I would recommend that both of you be tested (if you haven't already been) for gonorrhea.  If I understand you correctly, the chlamydia was found on an RIA on two seperate occasions.  It might be possible to confirm results with a culture if you are both adamant about your resistance to antibiotics.  I must say that because of the damage that chlamydia can cause in the female reproductive tract if it ascends into the fallopian tubes (eg infertility) and because the antibiotics used to treat the condition are so simple and UNlikely to cause side effects or reactions, I think that the risk-benefit ratio strongly points to taking the antibiotics.
I hope this answer is of some help!
Dr B

[vvv1973]

Elaine,
Thank you for your answer. We were tested for gonorrhea, and it was negative. All my std tests were negative, I took antibiotics anyway, before I got the test results. We don't understand the meaning of her test results - why does chlamydia show in vaginal flora, but not in blood? What does it mean if only antibodies are found in the flora? I can send you all the test results and you can take a look at them. Thank you again for your answer.

[princessdaphne93]

If I got pregnant while I had chlaymdia will my baby have it too. I got rid of ir. Will my baby still have it. I didn't know I was pregnant