Notes on Chlamydia

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Genus: Chlamydia.

• Wall lacks muramic acid; cannot be Gram stained.

• Cannot make ATP.

• Obligate intracellular bacteria.

Chlamydia trachomatis.

• Actively replicate within cells.

• Infective form: inactive extracellular body.

• Found in human genital tract and eyes.

• Transmitted by sexual contact, and birth canal; hand to eye transmission.

Pathogenesis:

• Infection of mucosal cells leads to granulomatous response and damage.

Diseases:

• STDs (PID, cervicitis, urethritis).

• Lymphogranuloma venereum.

• Trachoma (causes blindness).

Lab:

• Cultured in tissue cultures or embryonated eggs.

• Cytoplasmic inclusions seen on Giemsa, iodine, and fluorescent Ab stained smears.

Treatment:

• Doxycycline or azithromycin.

Chlamydia pneumoniae.

• Respiratory infections.

Chlamydia psittaci.

• Found in birds.

• Transmitted by dust of dried bird feces.

• Intracellular growth.

• Causes Psittacosis (atypical pneumonia).

• Lab: Cytoplasmic inclusions seen on Giemsa, and fluorescent Ab stained smears.

• Treatment: doxycycline.

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11. Mycobacterium
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28. Haemophilus
29. Bacteriodes and Prevotella
30. Treponema
31. Borrelia
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33. Coxiella
34. Ehrlichia
35. Chlamydia
36. Mycoplasma
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