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.
Tests temporarily unavailable to U.S. residents since March 2020:
Chlamydia trachomatis Elispot
(2x ACD/CPDA tube)
Chlamydia trachomatis-IgA and Chlamydia trachomatis-IgG antibodies
(1x Serum/SST tube)
Chlamydia trachomatis-PCR
(Urethra-smear)
Chlamydophila trachomatis (gram-negative, intracellular)
sexual contact, human to human
cervicitis, sterility, urethritis, trachoma, acute conjunctivitis („swimming pool conjunctivitis“), lymphogranuloma venereum
arthritis, tendovaginitis
immune suppression