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Is Chlamydia trachomatis a human pathogen?

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Is Chlamydia trachomatis a human pathogen?

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Chlamydia trachomatis is an evasive pathogen that can prompt severe clinical manifestations in humans such as vaginitis, epididymitis, lymphogranuloma venereum, trachoma, conjunctivitis and pneumonia. If it is left untreated, chronic infections with C. trachomatis can give rise to long-lasting and even permanent sequelae.

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What is chlamydia? Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease (STD). It is caused by bacteria called Chlamydia trachomatis.most commonly spread through vaginal, oral and anal sex. It's also possible for pregnant women to spread chlamydia to their children during delivery, causing pneumonia or a serious eye infection in the newborns.

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The Chlamydia bacteria invades and infects the host cells, which they depend on to provide them with nutrients for survival. If the human cells infected by the bacteria are starved of these nutrients, the bacteria die off too.

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These infants usually respond to therapy with erythromycin. The clinical course and duration of nasopharyngeal shedding of Chlamydia are shortened by treatment with this antibiotic.

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It can cause permanent damage to a woman's reproductive system. This can make it difficult or impossible to get pregnant later. Chlamydia can also cause a potentially fatal ectopic pregnancy (pregnancy that occurs outside the womb).

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Chlamydia is known several ways and is nicknamed:

The Clam– shortened version of the name chlamydia that plays on the use of “clam” as a euphemism for female genitals.

Gooey Stuff– a very visual and pretty self-explanatory name inspired by the milky or “gooey” discharge associated with chlamydia.

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Chlamydia is effectively treated with antibiotics.

-doxycycline – taken every day for a week.

-azithromycin – one dose of 1g, followed by 500mg once a day for 2 days.

If left untreated, chlamydia can cause pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in people with a vagina and lead to chronic pain and infertility. In people with a penis, untreated chlamydia can cause pain and swelling in one or both testicles.