About Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular bacterium, gram negative. This bacterium is responsible for Chlamydia (or chlamydia) urethritis, a sexually transmitted disease that is most common in Latin America and the USA after Papillomavirus (50 times more frequent than gonorrhea, which is more common than syphilis). Its reservoir is strictly human.
Available Tests for Chlamydia trachomatis
EliSpot
Chlamydia trachomatis Elispot
(2x ACD/CPDA tube)
IFA, ELISA, Immunoblot
Chlamydia trachomatis-IgA and Chlamydia trachomatis-IgG antibodies
(1x Serum/SST tube)
PCR
Chlamydia trachomatis-PCR
(Urethra-smear)
Bacteria:
Chlamydophila trachomatis (gram-negative, intracellular)
Vector / Transmission:
sexual contact, human to human
Symptoms:
cervicitis, sterility, urethritis, trachoma, acute conjunctivitis („swimming pool conjunctivitis“), lymphogranuloma venereum
After infection (4-6 weeks):
arthritis, tendovaginitis
Risk factors:
immune suppression
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