Clinical and microbiologic characteristics of female adolescents from whom sera was used for determining the immunoreactivity against rPmpD and rPmpF

aPatients were adolescents 14–19 years of age who had a C. trachomatis infection with only one ompA genotype as described in methods or were uninfected;
bThe diagnosis of cervicitis was based on physical findings consistent with cervicitis as determined by the examining physician; all adolescents infected with C. trachomatis had cervicitis, and none of these patients complained of any symptoms;
cA cervical discharge was noted by the examining physician; none of these patients had clinical signs or symptoms consistent with upper genital tract disease.