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Chlamydia
Chlamydia is currently the most common sexually transmitted diseases — about 4 million cases of chlamydia occur in the USA each year. However, about half of all men and three-quarters of all women who have chlamydia have no symptoms and don't know that they have the disease. The disease is transmitted by the ''Chlamydia trachomatis'' bacterium. It can be serious but it is easily cured if detected in time. It is also, and possibly more importantly, the biggest ''preventable'' cause of blindness in the world. Blindness occurs as a complication of trachoma (chlamydia conjunctivitis).
Almost half of all women who get chlamydia and aren't treated by a doctor will get pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), a generic term for infection of the uterus, fallopian tubes, and/or ovaries. PID can cause scarring inside the reproductive organs, which can later cause serious complications, including chronic pelvic pain, difficulty becoming pregnant, ectopic (tubal) pregnancy, and other dangerous complications of pregnancy. Chlamydia causes 250,000 to 500,000 cases of PID every year in the U.S. http://www.plannedparenthood.org/STI-SAFESEX/chlamydia.htm
In women, chlamydia may not cause any symptoms, but symptoms that may occur include: unusual vaginal bleeding or discharge, pain in the abdomen, painful sexual intercourse, fever, painful urination or the urge to urinate more frequently than usual.
In men, chlamydia may not cause any symptoms, but symptoms that may occur include: a painful or burning sensation when urinating, an unusual discharge from the penis, swollen or tender testicles, or fever.
Chlamydia in men can spread to the testicles, causing epididymitis, which can cause sterility. Chlamydia causes more than 250,000 cases of epididymitis in the USA each year.
Chlamydia may also cause Reiter's Syndrome, especially in young men. About 15,000 men get Reiter's Syndrome from chlamydia each year in the USA, and about 5,000 are permanently affected by it.
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Chlamydiae
Chlamydiales / ''Chlamidia''
Verrucomicrobiales / ''Verrucomicrobium''
Chlamydiae is a phylum of the bacteria kingdom. Development of such bacteria takes place completely within a cellular vacuole; they are hence termed intracellular bacteria.
There are four main species in this phylum: ''Chlamydia psittaci'', ''Chlamydia pecorum'', ''Chlamydia trachomatis'', and ''Chlamydia pneumoniae''. The latter two are human related species: ''C. trachomatis'' is the famous sexually transmitted infection Chlamydia, and ''C. pneumoniae'' is a form of bacteria causing the disease Pneumonia.
They infect the individual in their first stage as an inactive particle called an ''infectious elementary body'' (EB), surviving extracellularly. After becoming cellularly ''internalised'' they become metabolically active reticulate bodies (RB). Further EBs are produced infecting surrounding cells.
Category:Bacteria
Chlamydia Trachomatis
''Chlamydia trachomatis'' is a gram-negative obligate intracellular bacterium. It causes chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease, and trachoma, an eye infection that is a frequent cause of blindness. It is one of the smallest of all bacteria and its size may be as small as 500 nm in width, not much bigger than the largest viruses
''Chlamydia pneumoniae''
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Chlamydia Pneumoniae
''Chlamydia pneumoniae'' is a obligate intracellular bacterium. It is a pathogen of humans, causing pneumonia and bronchitis. The full genome sequence for ''C. pneumoniae'' was completed in 1999.
There is evidence associating ''C. pneumoniae'' with atherosclerosis and with asthma.
''C. pheumoniae'' is transmitted between humans in respiratory secretions.
References
Kalman, S et al. 1999. Comparative genomes of Chlamydia pneumoniae and C. trachomatis. ''Nature Genetics'' 21:385-389 PMID 10192388
O'Connor S, et al. http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol7no5/oconnor.htm Potential Infectious Etiologies of Atherosclerosis: A Multifactorial Perspective. ''Emerging Infectious Diseases'', Vol 7, Sept-Oct 2001
Hahn DL, Dodge RW, Golubjatnikov R. Association of Chlamydia pneumoniae (TWAR) infection with wheezing, asthmatic bronchitis and adult-onset asthma. ''JAMA'' 1991,266:225-30.
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