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| | AEGiS-MMWR: Recommendations for the Prevention and Management of Chlamydia trachomatis Infections, 1993 |
 | | For example, some family planning programs provide chlamydia testing and treatment for their clients and their male sex partners, and a similar service is provided in some STD clinics. | | | Chlamydia serology has little value in the routine clinical care of genital tract infections. | | | Clinical and laboratory considerations of culture vs antigen assays for detection of Chlamydia trachomatis from genital specimens. |
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| | Medmicro Chapter 39 |
| | Chlamydia trachomatis also resides in the genital tract, cervix, and urethra of adults, and genital infection is spread sexually. | | | Chlamydia trachomatis also causes sexually transmitted genital and rectal infections. | | | The genital tract infection serves as a source of infectious elementary bodies for the eyes. |
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| | Chlamydia, NIAID Fact Sheet |
| | The surest way to avoid transmission of STIs is to not have sexual contact or to be in a long-term mutually monogamous relationship with a partner who has been tested and is not infected. | | | If you experience genital symptoms like burning while urinating or have a discharge, you should see your health care provider immediately. | | | Symptoms of conjunctivitis, which include discharge and swollen eyelids, usually develop within the first 10 days of life. |
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| | Chlamydia |
| | The chance of becoming infected with chlamydia can be reduced by avoiding risky sexual behaviors. | | | In men, untreated chlamydia can affect the testicles, leading to swelling and pain. | | | PID can be a very serious condition and requires immediate medical care. |
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| | Chlamydia |
| | The best way to prevent chlamydia or any STD is to practice abstinence, or not having vaginal, anal, or oral sex. | | | Have a sexual relationship with one partner who has been tested for chlamydia and is not infected is another way to reduce your chances of getting infected. | | | If you think you have chlamydia or are concerned about it, both you and your sex partner should see a doctor right away. |
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| | Chlamydia |
| | Chlamydia is usually spread by genital sexual contact, but chlamydia can also infect the throat, rectum and eyes. | | | A test for chlamydia that gives accurate, quick results is available at your doctor's office, family planning clinics and STD clinics. | | | The majority of individuals may experience no symptoms at all. |
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| | Facts about Chlamydia trachomatis |
| | There are two other related organisms: Chlamydia psittaci is widespread in animals and can be transmitted to humans. | | | However, using new techniques of direct antigen detection, the organism can be identified in clinical material with a high degree of accuracy without the need to culture. | | | However, the specific strains of Chlamydia trachomatis which cause trachoma and the epidemiological conditions for its spread, are not found in the UK. |
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| | Chlamydia |
| | If you think you may have chlamydia or if you have had a partner who may have chlamydia, you need to see your family doctor, adolescent doctor, or gynecologist. | | | The doctor will do an exam and swab the vagina or penis for secretions, which will then be analyzed. | | | A person who has contracted chlamydia may see symptoms a week later. |
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| | Chlamydial Infections |
| | This describes how chlamydia drapes around the nucleus of human cells it has infected. | | | The only certain way for sexually active people to prevent genital chlamydial infection is by abstaining from sexual contact. | | | trachomatis) is associated with a spectrum of diseases. |
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| | Arch Fam Med -- Chlamydia trachomatis Testing, September 2000, Reust 9 (9): 885 |
| | Carin E. Reust, MD From the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Center for Family Medicine Science, University of Missouri, Columbia. | | | Cerin A, Grillner L, Persson E. Chlamydia test monitoring during therapy. | | | do the results of the Chlamydia test become negative? |
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| | Chlamydia |
| | After months to years, LGV can spread to other lymph nodes causing pain, swelling, skin breakdown (ulceration as pictured) and other problems involving ones rectum and genitals. | | | Visit our online store for products related to this guide. | | | Chlamydia can cause asymptomatic (no symptoms) infections in both men and women. |
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| | Chlamydia |
| | trachomatis (biovar: trachoma) associated with genital infections (serovars D - K). | | | The patient may also experience fever, headache and myalgia. | | | After an incubation of 3 weeks, up to 75% of patients show symptoms such as urethral discharge, dysuria and pyuria |
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| | Communicable Disease Fact Sheet |
| | Other alternative medications may be used but are not as effective as azrithromycin and doxycycline. | | | Because approximately 75 percent of women and 50 percent of men have no symptoms, most people infected with chlamydia are not aware of their infections and may not seek health care. | | | If a person is not treated for chlamydia, complications may occur. |
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| | Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. - Chlamydia: Questions And Answers |
| | Women who have chlamydia when an IUD is inserted, or who get it within the first few weeks following IUD insertion, are at higher risk of developing PID. | | | Seventy-five percent of women and 50 percent of men with chlamydia have no symptoms. | | | Testing and treatment for chlamydia cuts the incidence of PID by 56 percent. |
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| | Chlamydia |
| | Chlamydia trachomatis elementary bodies attached to human sperm. | | | Chlamydia pneumoniae was first linked to heart disease in 1988, when C. | | | Chlamydia trachomatis is the more well-known of the two pathogens, and causes the most common STD in the world, chalmydia, and has been linked with blindness and infertility. |
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| | eMedicine - Chlamydial Genitourinary Infections : Article by Larry I Lutwick, MD |
| | Medicine is a constantly changing science and not all therapies are clearly established. | | | Treatment of chlamydia is indicated for patients being treated for gonorrhea, as well. | | | Related to erythromycin, it is considered by many to be the treatment of choice of C trachomatis genitourinary infection because it may be administered as a 1-dose treatment, which improves adherence to treatment. |
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| | Diagnosis, Research and Treatments for Chlamydia Infections |
| | Our goal is to bring together all recent information on Chlamydia Infections | | | Most of you will know Chlamydia as the cause for Pneumonia but there are many other illnesses where it plays an important. | | | As I wrote earlier, Chlamydia Infections are involved into a lot of different illnesses going from Pneumonia, asthma to coronary heart disease and many others. |
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| | Chlamydia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The disease is transmitted by the Chlamydia trachomatis bacterium. | | | 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 causes 250,000 to 500,000 cases of PID every year in the U.S. 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. |
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| | Chlamydia trachomatis Infection |
| | Infections in the rectum may cause problems or pain. | | | Chlamydia is treated with an antibiotic generally in pill form, and it is important to finish all prescribed medication. | | | trachomatis may result in urethritis, epididymitis, cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), and other conditions. |
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| | WHO Chlamydia trachomatis |
| | Chlamydia trachomatis is primarily a human pathogen and the causative agent of eye, genital and respiratory diseases. | | | Chlamydia trachomatis is the most frequent cause of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID) and its long term consequences include chronic pain, ectopic pregnancy and infertility. | | | Chlamydia trachomatis is the most prevalent bacterial pathogen causing sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the western world. |
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| | Chlamydia trachomatis |
| | Untreated chlamydia lead to fever, testicular pain and swelling and inflammation of the epididymis. | | | It does contain an exoglycolipid antigen that induces a weak immune response and this is the basis for a recent vaccine that has been developed. | | | Without prompt medical treatment, the infant's eyes can be permanently damaged. |
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| | Diagnosis of Chlamydia Pneumoniae and Chlamydia Trachomatis Infections |
| | Follicular conjunctivitis caused by Chlamydia trachomatis in an infant Saharan population: molecular and clinical diagnosis | | | The Microimmunofluorescence Test for Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection: Technique and Interpretation | | | Smoking, season, and detection of chlamydia pneumoniae DNA in clinically stable COPD patients |
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| | Diagnosis of Chlamydia Trachomatis |
| | Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis in asymptomatic women attending family planning clinics. | | | It often goes undiagnosed and may be inadequately treated when it is diagnosed. | | | Chlamydia trachomatis is the most prevalent bacterial pathogen causing sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the western world. |
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| | Clinical Virology Laboratory - Chlamydia Trachomatis |
| | Chlamydia Collection Kits are available from the laboratory to all clients upon request and must be used when submitting a specimen. | | | Specimens should be appropriately labeled with the patient's name, medical record number, and the specimen collection date. | | | The slides should be appropriately labeled with the patient's name, medical record number, and the specimen collection date. |
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| | Chlamydia trachomatis definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms |
| | Chlamydia trachomatis definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms | | | The transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis is mainly among children and from children to women during child care. | | | Chlamydia trachomatis: A bacterium that causes a disease called trachoma that results in blindness so frequently that it places a huge burden a year on world health funding ($25 billion in the year 2000). |
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| | Chlamydia trachomatis - definition of Chlamydia trachomatis by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia. |
| | Chlamydia trachomatis - bacteria responsible for the sexually transmitted diseases chlamydia and lymphogranuloma venerum | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. | | | chlamydia - coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract |
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| | Chlamydia trachomatis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | It causes chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease, and trachoma, an eye infection that is a frequent cause of blindness. | | | Chlamydia trachomatis is a species of the chlamydiae, a group of obligately intracellular bacteria. | | | 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. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlamydia_trachomatis
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| | Chlamydia trachomatis |
| | Several sequences have been available for the 7.5 Kb plasmid, however it is the plasmid studied in conjunction with this genomic work that is primarily featured herein. | | | The key publication describing this newly sequenced genome is "Genome Sequence of an Obligate Intracellular Pathogen of Humans: Chlamydia trachomatis" by R.S. Stephens, S. Kalman, C.J. Lammel and colleagues, Science 282:754-759, 1998. | | | pneumoniae genomes is presented in the bacterial analysis section (Chlamydia proteome comparisions). |
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| | Energy Citations Database (ECD) - Energy and Energy-Related Bibliographic Citations |
| | Availability information may be found in the Availability, Publisher, Research Organization, Resource Relation and/or Author (affiliation information) fields and/or via the "Full-text Availability" link. | | | Energy Citations Database (ECD) Document #6428150 - Zinc and Chlamydia trachomatis |
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