... Despite our knowing of it for centuries, chlamydial infection remains one of the most common bacterial infectious diseases in the world and its agent, Chlamydia trachomatis , is one of the most enigmatic pathogens known to medical science. This book was written to fill a dearth of books...

... in the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of chlamydial infections. Expert Opin Ther Pat 2001;11:1253-1265. 22. Gaillat J: Clinical manifestations of Chlamydia pneumoniae infections. Revue de Med Interne 1996;17:987-999. 23. Everett KD: Chlamydia and Chlamydiales : more than meets the eye. Vet...

... approach to preventing perinatal chlamydial infection is screening and treatment of pregnant women. This has been greatly facilitated by the use of nucleic acid amplification tests for diagnosis and the availability of effective single-dose antibiotic treatment. The Effect of Pregnancy...

... Abstract Next generation sequencing approaches have led to completion of several dozen chlamydial genome sequences, most of which are from Chlamydia trachomatis . Analysis of these genomes has shown that chlamydiae, like other obligate intracellular bacteria, have a much reduced genome...

...References References 1. Agrawal T, Vats V, Salhan S, Mittal A: Mucosal and peripheral immune responses to chlamydial heat shock proteins in women infected with Chlamydia trachomatis . Clin Exp Immunol 2007;148:461-468. 2. Pate MS, Hedges SR, Sibley DA, Russell MW, Hook EW 3rd, Mestecky...

... diseases and their etiologic agents. Section C. Chlamydial Diseases; in Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R (eds): Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases. Philadelphia, Churchill Livingston, 2005, pp 2239-2253. 5. Baehr W, Zhang YX, Joseph T, Su H, Nano FE, Everett KD, Caldwell HD: Mapping...

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... Abstract Treatment of patients with Chlamydia trachomatis infection prevents sexual transmission. Treatment of sexual partners of infected individuals will also prevent reinfection of the index case and subsequent transmission to other sexual partners. Prompt treatment of chlamydial infection...

... Abstract Same sex behavior is not infrequent among women in the USA and despite widespread prevalence of chlamydial infections, few data are available that describe its prevalence among these sexual minority communities. Recent studies indicate that some women who have sex with women (WSW...

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... chlamydial infection was a risk factor for recurrent infections [ 52 , 53 ]. Reinfection has been reported months to a year or so after infection at rates as high as 59.6% [ 44 , 45 , 54 , 55 , 56 ], despite appropriate treatment [ 57 , 58 ]. Reinfection occurs partly because immunity to the initial...

... of a vaccine-based strategy will be understanding the immunologic goal of vaccination, i.e. the parameters that define a protective host immune response. In this chapter, we will examine what is currently known about the immune response to genital chlamydial infections based on data from experimental animal...

... due to lower rates of testing and detection of chlamydial infections in this population, when compared to broad screening among women. Racial disparities exist in reported chlamydia rates, likely related at least in part to social determinants of health such as poverty, access to healthcare and living...

.... www.cdc.gov/std/treatment/2010 (accessed December 2010). 3. US Preventive Services Task Force: Screening for chlamydial infection: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med 2007;147:128-134. 4. National Committee for Quality Assurance. The State of Health Care...

... by chemical and thermal burns (n = 22), pterygium (n = 9), congenital aniridia (n = 6), tumor excision (n = 2), perforating eye injury, mitomycin C, epidermolysis bullosa, bilateral graft-versus-host disease and chlamydial conjunctivitis (each n = 1). Results: Mean follow-up time was 28.5 ± 14.9 months...

... of chlamydial disease pathogenesis. Drugs Today 2009;45(suppl B):25-31. 53. Pannekoek Y, Morelli G, Kusecek B, Morre SA, Ossewaarde JM, Langerak AA, van der Ende A: Multi locus sequence typing of Chlamydiales: clonal groupings within the obligate intracellular bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis . BMC...