There are three subtypes of Chlamydia trachomatis that each cause different diseases. One causes endemic trachoma, the leading cause of blindness in the developing world. One causes the STD known as chlamydia. The third causes the STD known as lymphogranuloma venereum.
Chlamydia trachomatis is a bacteria.
Chlamydia is an STD caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis. Other STDs do not cause, turn into, or lead to chlamydia.
Trachoma is caused by infection with the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis.
The scientific name for chlamydia is Chlamydia trachomatis.
Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection. It is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, a gram-negative bacteria with a coccoid shape that is an obligate intracellular parasite. It is curable.
There are a few ways that this question can be answered:What other diseases can be caused by the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis?Chlamydia trachomatis causes chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease. It also causes endemic trachoma. Chlamydia trachomatis can also cause lymphogranuloma venereum, another sexually transmitted disease. Each of these infections is caused by a slightly different version of the bacteria. What symptoms, syndromes, or complications can the STI chlamydia cause?Chlamydia in men and women can cause urethritis, conjunctivitis, proctitis, or pharyngitis. In men, it can cause epididymitis, prostatitis, and orchitis. In women it can cause PID (pelvic inflammatory disease). In babies born to women with chlamydia, chlamydia trachomatis can cause pneumonia or conjunctivitis. In addition, chlamydia trachomatis is associated with Reiter's syndrome. What other infections are often found with chlamydia trachomatis?Patients tested for chlamydia usually get tested for gonorrhea at the same time as they both require the same specimen collection technique and may carry the same symptoms.
Trachomatis is not the same as trichomonas. Chlamydia trachomatis is a bacterial STD, and trichomonas vaginalis is a protozoal STD.
Chlamydia is a bacteria; it has no rationale.
The Bacillus anthracis bacterium is significantly bigger than Chlamydia trachomatis.
Chlamydia trachomatis is coccoid and gram negative.
Chlamydia trachomatis is in the class Chlamydiae
Chlamydia trachomatis will not survive freezing.