Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease caused by the Chlamydia trachomatis organism, with symptoms differing between genders. Key risk factors include adolescence, multiple partners, and lack of barrier contraception, and it can lead to serious complications like pelvic inflammatory disease and infections in newborns. Treatment options include azithromycin or doxycycline, while diagnosis can be made through culture, serology, and enzyme immune assays.

1. Dr. Bijay Yadav
Holy vision technical campus
CHLAMYDIA

2. Chlamydia :
 It is a common sexually transmitted disease
 It is an infection caused by a sexual contact
(chlamydial trachomatis)
 Incubation period : 7 – 21 days
 Chalamydia is :
i. More than 3 times as common as gonorrhea
ii. More than 50 times as common as syphilis

3. Mode of transmission
 Vagina
 Anus
 Maternal to fetal

4. Risk factors :
 Adolescence
 New or multiple sex partner
 History of STD infection
 Oral contraceptives users
 Lack of barrier contraception

5. Clinical features :
 In women :
 Abdominal pain
 Abnormal vaginal discharge
 Low grade fever
 Dyspareunia
 Pain or burning feeling while urinating
 Swelling inside the vagina or around the anus
 Vaginal bleeding after intercourse
 A yellowish discharge from the cervix that may have a strong
smell

6.  In male :
 Pain and burning sensation during
micturition
 Pus or watery or milky discharge from penis
 Swollen or tender testicles
 Swelling around the anus

7. Investigations
1. Culture
2. Serology
3. EIA ( Enzyme Immune Assay )

8. Treatment :
 Azithromycin 1 gm orally in a single dose
or
 Doxycycline 100 mg orally BD for 7 - 14 days

9. Complications :
 Other sexually transmitted infections
 Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
 Epididymitis
 Prostate gland infection
 Infections in newborns
 Reactive Arthritis