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CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS INFECTIONS

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 1994
Chlamydia trachomatis infections are the most common bacterial cause of sexually transmitted disease in the United States. Although precise incidence of infection is not known, it has been calculated that more than 4 million chlamydial infections occur each year. This article discusses the epidemiology of sexually transmitted chlamydial infections, the
H, Weinstock, D, Dean, G, Bolan
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Genital Chlamydia Infections

Clinics in Laboratory Medicine, 1989
The past decade has seen a breakthrough in laboratory methods for the diagnosis of chlamydial infections. Antigen detection methods have made screening for C. trachomatis available in most clinical laboratories. These methods are highlighted and evaluated. Current culture methods and the antibiotic susceptibility of C. trachomatis are also discussed.
J M, Ehret, F N, Judson
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Chlamydia trachomatis Infection in Adolescents

Advances in Pediatrics, 2004
C. trachomatis infections remain epidemic among sexually active young women and place these women at risk for major lifelong reproductive morbidity, including tubal infertility and chronic pelvic pain. The prevalence and importance of chlamydial infections among sexually active adolescent and young adult males have yet to be determined.
Loris, Hwang, Mary-Ann, Shafer
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Chlamydia pneumoniae respiratory infections

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 2000
Chlamydia pneumoniae is a significant cause of both upper and lower respiratory tract infections. The spectrum of diseases ranges from asymptomatic infection to serious disease, including severe pneumonia and exacerbations of chronic bronchitis requiring mechanical ventilation. There is increasing evidence of involvement of C.
Francesco, Blasi, Roberto, Cosentini, Paolo, Tarsia   +2 more
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Perinatal Infections with Chlamydia Trachomatis

Clinics in Perinatology, 1988
Much has been relearned and learned anew about perinatal chlamydial infections during the past 10 to 15 years. The adverse effects of infection on pregnancy outcome have been suggested but not fully documented or explained. Epidemiologic, biologic, and immunologic correlates of risk for infection and complications of pregnancy due to C. trachomatis are
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Infections with Chlamydia trachomatis

Pediatrics, 1979
Chlamydia trachomatis is a highly successful parasite of man which is to say that while some disease conditions produced are severe or fatal the majority are relatively minor. Worldwide in distribution, this organism remains the leading cause of blindness, due to trachoma; fully 15% of the world's population may be infected, prompting Sir Macfarlane ...
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Oral Contraceptives and Chlamydia Infections

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1986
To the Editor.— Before conclusions are drawn that oral contraceptives (OCs) do not protect against pelvic infections (PID) caused by Chlamydia trachomatis , 1 a somewhat more critical examination of the literature may be in order. The highest incidence of chlamydial infection has been shown to occur in women younger than 25 years 2,3 ; the highest ...
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[Chlamydia infections].

Zeitschrift fur Hautkrankheiten, 1985
Chlamydia trachomatis represents one of the most common causative agents of sexually transmitted diseases. Clinically, genital chlamydial infections are similar to gonorrhoea. Although the clinical symptoms in chlamydial infections are usually milder than those in gonorrhoea, late complications are more common and more dangerous, because the carriers ...
J, Schachter, F, Gschnait
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Infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae in Brooklyn

Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1991
Of 91 children and adults with lower respiratory tract infection, 17 (18.7%) had evidence of infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae. Infection was more common in older adolescents and adults than in children. Only 3 of 8 culture-positive patients with paired sera had serologic evidence of acute infection. Two patients were culture positive over a 12-month
K, Chirgwin, P M, Roblin, M, Gelling, M R, Hammerschlag, J, Schachter   +4 more
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Gonorrhea and Chlamydia Infections in Women

Clinical Obstetrics & Gynecology
This chapter provides an in-depth overview of gonorrhea and chlamydia, 2 common sexually transmitted infections (STIs) caused by the bacteria Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis, respectively. It covers their epidemiology, transmission, and risk factors, highlighting the global burden of these infections.
Adrienne Pyle, Lindsay Garner, Cristina Wallace Huff   +2 more
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