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Chlamydia Infections [PDF]

Workplace Health & Safety, 2019
Increasing rates for chlamydia and other sexually transmitted infections pose a global public health issue. Untreated chlamydia infections create an economic burden on the health care system, employers, and society. Occupational and environmental health nurses can help promote health awareness about chlamydia, teach prevention strategies, and ...
J. Phillips
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Dysbiosis of the Vaginal Microbiota and Higher Vaginal Kynurenine/Tryptophan Ratio Reveals an Association with Chlamydia trachomatis Genital Infections

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2018
The natural course of Chlamydia trachomatis urogenital tract infections varies between individuals. While protective immunity can occur, some women can become reinfected, contributing to the development of severe pathology.
Noa Ziklo, Miranda E. Vidgen, Kuong Taing, Wilhelmina M. Huston, Peter Timms   +4 more
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Chronic Inflammatory Diseases at Secondary Sites Ensuing Urogenital or Pulmonary Chlamydia Infections. [PDF]

Microorganisms, 2020
Chlamydia trachomatis and C. pneumoniae are members of the Chlamydiaceae family of obligate intracellular bacteria. The former causes diseases predominantly at the mucosal epithelial layer of the urogenital or eye, leading to pelvic inflammatory diseases
Cheok YY, Lee CYQ, Cheong HC, Looi CY, Wong WF.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Sexually Transmitted Infections Treatment Guidelines, 2021

MMWR Recommendations and Reports, 2021
Summary These guidelines for the treatment of persons who have or are at risk for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) were updated by CDC after consultation with professionals knowledgeable in the field of STIs who met in Atlanta, Georgia, June 11–14,
K. Workowski, L. Bachmann, P. Chan, C. Johnston, C. Muzny, Ina U. Park, H. Reno, J. Zenilman, G. Bolan   +8 more
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Postexposure Doxycycline to Prevent Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2023
BACKGROUND Interventions to reduce sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among men who have sex with men (MSM) are needed. METHODS We conducted an open-label, randomized study involving MSM and transgender women who were taking preexposure prophylaxis
A. Luetkemeyer, D. Donnell, Julia C. Dombrowski, S. Cohen, Cole Grabow, Clare E Brown, C. Malinski, R. Perkins, Melody Nasser, C. López, E. Vittinghoff, S. Buchbinder, Hyman Scott, E. Charlebois, D. Havlir, O. Soge, C. Celum   +16 more
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Testing for sexually transmitted infections in general practice: cross-sectional study [PDF]

, 2010
Background: Primary care is an important provider of sexual health care in England. We sought to explore the extent of testing for chlamydia and HIV in general practice and its relation to associated measures of sexual health in two contrasting ...
AK Sullivan, CA McGarrigle, Catherine H Mercer, CH Mercer, Chief Medical Officer Letter, Department of Health, Department of Health, G Hughes, Gary M Brook, Health Protection Agency, Helen Maguire, JA Cassell, Jackie A Cassell, JM Pimenta, KA Fenton, Katharine E Sadler, Lorna J Sutcliffe, M Amir Islam, N Low, National Chlamydia Screening Programme Office HPA, Nicola Low, O Kufeji, Patrick J Horner, Shuja Shafi, The UK Collaborative Group for HIV and STI Surveillance, VJ Johnston, W Slater   +26 more
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Risk of ectopic pregnancy and tubal infertility following gonorrhoea and chlamydia infections.

Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2019
Gonorrhoea and chlamydia are important causes of pelvic inflammatory disease. Chlamydia also causes long-term sequelae, but the role of gonorrhoea is unclear.
J. Reekie, B. Donovan, R. Guy, J. Hocking, J. Kaldor, Donna Mak, D. Preen, J. Ward, Bette Liu, B. Liu, D. Preen, J. Hocking, B. Donovan, C. Roberts, J. Ward, D. Mak, R. Guy, J. Kaldor, S. Pearson, L. Stewart, H. Wand, J. Reekie   +21 more
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'The difference in determinants of Chlamydia trachomatis and Mycoplasma genitalium in a sample of young Australian women.' [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND Differences in the determinants of Chlamydia trachomatis ('chlamydia') and Mycoplasma genitalium (MG) genital infection in women are not well understood.
Birden, Hudson, Bowden, Francis, Bradshaw, Catriona S, Chen, Marcus Y, Currie, Marian, Donovan, Basil, Fairley, Christopher K, Garland, Suzanne, Gunn, Jane, Gurrin, Lyle, Harindra, Veerakathy, Hocking, Jane S, Kaldor, John K, McNamee, Kathleen, Pirotta, Marie, Tabrizi, Sepehr N, Taylor, Nicole, Twin, Jimmy, Urban, Eve, Walker, Jennifer, Walker, Sandra   +20 more
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Clinical Persistence of Chlamydia trachomatis Sexually Transmitted Strains Involves Novel Mutations in the Functional αββα Tetramer of the Tryptophan Synthase Operon. [PDF]

, 2019
Clinical persistence of Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is a major public health concern. In vitro persistence is known to develop through interferon gamma (IFN-γ) induction of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), which ...
Dean, Deborah, Ferrin, Thomas E, Hyuk Suh, Jung, Somboonna, Naraporn, Ziklo, Noa   +4 more
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Socioeconomic factors and other sources of variation in the prevalence of genital chlamydia infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Public Health, 2015
BackgroundThe success of chlamydia screening programmes relies on their ability to effectively target those with greatest need. Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds may be at greater need for chlamydia screening, but existing evidence on the ...
J. Crichton, M. Hickman, R. Campbell, Harriet Batista-Ferrer, J. Macleod   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source