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Chlamydia trachomatis endocarditis

American Heart Journal, 1978
A case of infective endocarditis due to Chlamydia trachomatis immunotype F is reported. Multiple negative blood cultures were a major deterrant from the initial clinical diagnosis of infective endocarditis. Postmortem ultrastructural identification of Chlamydia in the aortic valve vegetation led to an intensive retrospective study of retrieved serum ...
Max G. Menefee, Herbert D Long, Chatrchai Watanakunakorn, Richard Dicter, Johanna Van Der Bel-Kahn   +4 more
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Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis [PDF]

BMJ, 2012
Screening may not be the best next step Population based screening for asymptomatic Chlamydia trachomatis infection has been postulated since the introduction of nucleic amplification techniques that enable testing on non-invasive samples.1 Screening also seems logical because the infection is common and curable, and asymptomatic, and symptomatic ...
Berit Andersen, Frede Olesen
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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
Deborah Dean, Hillard Weinstock, Gail Bolan   +2 more
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Chlamydia trachomatis – the agent

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2002
Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular bacteria, parasitizing eukaryotic cells. Chlamydia trachomatis, C. psittaci and C. pneumoniae are the three species of chlamydiae pathogenic to humans. C. trachomatis shows a tropism for the genital and conjunctival epithelia and consists of 19 different serovars which are pathogenic predominantly for the ...
Manuela Donati, Roberto Cevenini, Vittorio Sambri   +2 more
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Update on Chlamydia trachomatis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2000
Abstract: Chlamydia trachomatis is one the most important sexually transmitted diseases; it can cause serious sequelae despite the absence of symptoms in some people. It's estimated that about 25% of women who have acute salpingitis become infertile, and chlamydial infection is the commonest cause.
F. De Seta, Secondo Guaschino
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Chlamydia trachomatisProctitis [PDF]

New England Journal of Medicine, 1981
One hundreds seventy-one homosexual men, 96 of whom had symptoms suggestive of proctitis and 75 of whom had no such symptoms, were consecutively enrolled in a study of the prevalence, clinical spectrum, and histopathology of Chlamydia trachomatis rectal infections. C. trachomatis was isolated from the rectums of 14 men. Three of the isolates, which had
San-Pin Wang, Michael D. Schuffler, Emmanuel Mkrtichian, Walter E. Stamm, Thomas C. Quinn, Steven E. Goodell, King K. Holmes   +6 more
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Chlamydia trachomatis

Trends in Microbiology, 2023
Natalie Sturd, Elizabeth A. Rucks
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Chlamydia Trachomatis in Suburban Adolescents

Journal of Urology, 1987
Martin Fisher, MD, Paul D. Swenson, PhD, Donald Risucci, PhD, and Mark H. Kaplan, MD From the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, the Clinical Virology Laboratory and the Division of Infectious Disease and immunology, Department of Medicine, and the Research Section, Division of Neuropsychology, North Shore University Hospital ...
Mark H. Kaplan, Mark H. Kaplan, Paul D. Swenson, Paul D. Swenson, Martin Fisher, Martin Fisher, Donald Risucci, Donald Risucci   +7 more
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The Resurgence of Chlamydia trachomatis

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada, 2004
The objective of the review is to alert reproductive-care providers to the unexpected resurgence of Chlamydia infections and to new findings related to complications associated with Chlamydia infection. Data sources consisted of national and local guidelines and literature searches of MEDLINE with the heading Chlamydia infections 2002 and 2003.
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New treatments for Chlamydia trachomatis [PDF]

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 1991
Standard regimens of tetracycline, doxycycline, or erythromycin, if compiled with, appear to be effective against Chlamydia trachomatis infections under most circumstances. However, the organism may sometimes persist despite what would seem to be adequate therapy. How often this occurs, to what extent noncompliance is the issue, and the role antibiotic
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