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Chlamydia
Dr. Abbas Hayat
Chlamydia
1. Ocular Infections:
 Chlamydia trachomatis causes:
Trachoma and inclusion
conjunctivitis.
2. Genital Infections:
3. Respiratory Infections:
Trachoma and inclusion
conjunctivitis.
• Trachoma characterized by development
of follicles and inflamed conjunctivae.
• Cornea becomes cloudy and vascularized;
repeated infections common cause of
blindness.
• Inclusion conjunctivitis is a milder
inflammatory conjuctival infection with
purulent discharge.
Genital Infections:
 C trachomatis strains cause genital
infections, including Non Gonococcal
Uretheritis (NGU) in men and acute
salpingitis and cervicitis in women.
 LGV I , 2 & 3 cause
Lymphogranuloma venereum, a
venereal disease with genital lesions
and regional lymph node
involvement (buboes). Some
 Respiratory Infections:
Chlamydia psittaci usually causes
an influenza like illness called
psittacosis.
 Chlamydia pneumoniae
 (TWAR organism) causes
atypical pneumonitis in humans.
Chlamydia trachomatis
 Inoculated into the eye by
contaminated fingers or fomites
in neonates, by passage through
an infected birth canal.
 Genital infections are spread
sexually ,
 respiratory infections by
inhalation.
Though symptoms of
Chlamydia usually mild
or absent, serious
complications cause
irreversible damage,
including infertility occur
ing "silently" before a
woman ever recognizes a
problem.
Chlamydia also can
cause discharge from the
penis of an infected man.
Prevention and Control
 Avoid promiscuous behavior
 Prefer monogamous intimate
relationship with screened
partners.
 Condoms
 Safe sex practices
 Treatment of patients and of
contacts also
 Sex education
Treatment
 Tetracycline and
erythromycin are the
drugs of choice.
 Penicillin is not
effective.
Clinical manifestations of
chlamydial infections. .
What will matter is not your competence, but
your character.
What will matter is not how many people you
knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when
you're gone.

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Chlamydia

  • 2. Chlamydia 1. Ocular Infections:  Chlamydia trachomatis causes: Trachoma and inclusion conjunctivitis. 2. Genital Infections: 3. Respiratory Infections:
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5. Trachoma and inclusion conjunctivitis. • Trachoma characterized by development of follicles and inflamed conjunctivae. • Cornea becomes cloudy and vascularized; repeated infections common cause of blindness. • Inclusion conjunctivitis is a milder inflammatory conjuctival infection with purulent discharge.
  • 6. Genital Infections:  C trachomatis strains cause genital infections, including Non Gonococcal Uretheritis (NGU) in men and acute salpingitis and cervicitis in women.  LGV I , 2 & 3 cause Lymphogranuloma venereum, a venereal disease with genital lesions and regional lymph node involvement (buboes). Some
  • 7.  Respiratory Infections: Chlamydia psittaci usually causes an influenza like illness called psittacosis.  Chlamydia pneumoniae  (TWAR organism) causes atypical pneumonitis in humans.
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  • 25. Chlamydia trachomatis  Inoculated into the eye by contaminated fingers or fomites in neonates, by passage through an infected birth canal.  Genital infections are spread sexually ,  respiratory infections by inhalation.
  • 26.
  • 27.
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  • 33. Though symptoms of Chlamydia usually mild or absent, serious complications cause irreversible damage, including infertility occur ing "silently" before a woman ever recognizes a problem. Chlamydia also can cause discharge from the penis of an infected man.
  • 34.
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  • 36.
  • 37.
  • 38.
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  • 41. Prevention and Control  Avoid promiscuous behavior  Prefer monogamous intimate relationship with screened partners.  Condoms  Safe sex practices  Treatment of patients and of contacts also  Sex education
  • 42. Treatment  Tetracycline and erythromycin are the drugs of choice.  Penicillin is not effective.
  • 43.
  • 45.
  • 46.
  • 47. What will matter is not your competence, but your character. What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone.