Spatial constraints within the chlamydial host cell inclusion predict interrupted development and persistence [PDF]
Background The chlamydial developmental cycle involves the alternation between the metabolically inert elementary body (EB) and the replicating reticulate body (RB).
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Genomics and Chlamydial Persistence
We read with interest the recent paper by Somboonna and colleagues, addressing changes to tryptophan synthase in a single Chlamydia trachomatis strain that had an aberrant growth phenotype in vitro (1). This strain was isolated four times, over 4 years, from a patient who was apparently persistently infected. This strain was highly related to a serovar
Dan D. Rockey+2 more
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The danger signal adenosine induces persistence of chlamydial infection through stimulation of A2b receptors. [PDF]
Infections with intracellular bacteria such as chlamydiae affect the majority of the world population. Infected tissue inflammation and granuloma formation help contain the short-term expansion of the invading pathogen, leading also to local tissue ...
Matthew A Pettengill+2 more
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Reply to Rockey et al., “Genomics and Chlamydial Persistence
In addressing the letter to the editor by Rockey et al. (1), it is important to correct the statement “…patients can be colonized by C. trachomatis.” Chlamydia trachomatis does not colonize humans but infects them. The authors’ earlier paper (2) described five patients that had apparent reinfection and/or persistent infection over a few years despite ...
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Mixed infections with
Background Chlamydiae induce persistent infections, which have been associated with a wide range of chronic diseases in humans and animals. Mixed infections with Chlamydia and porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) may result in generation of persistent ...
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Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) cause most bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) worldwide. Epidemiological studies have shown high percentages of co-infections with CT/NG and indicate that NG co-infection can ...
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Persistence of chlamydial antibodies after pelvic inflammatory disease [PDF]
The persistence of chlamydial immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies and long-term sequelae of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) were studied in 70 women who had been treated for PID 3 to 6 years previously. Fifty-one women had had PID associated with Chlamydia trachomatis infection (Chlamydia group), and 19 women had had PID not associated with C ...
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Chlamydial Persistence: beyond the Biphasic Paradigm [PDF]
The chlamydiae are an evolutionarily distinct group of eubacteria sharing an obligate intracellular lifestyle and a unique developmental cycle that has been well characterized under favorable cell culture conditions. This cycle begins when infectious, metabolically inert elementary bodies (EB)
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Golgi fragmentation and sphingomyelin transport to Chlamydia trachomatis during penicillin-induced persistence do not depend on the cytosolic presence of the chlamydial protease CPAF. [PDF]
Chlamydia grows inside a cytosolic vacuole (the inclusion) that is supplied with nutrients by the host through vesicular and non-vesicular transport. It is unclear in many respects how Chlamydia organizes this transport.
Stephanie Dille+6 more
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Both human herpes viruses and Chlamydia are highly prevalent in the human population and are detected together in different human disorders. Here, we demonstrate that co-infection with human herpes virus 6 (HHV6) interferes with the developmental cycle ...
Bhupesh K Prusty+6 more
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