Chlamydia is a bacterial infection, transmitted by having sex with an infected partner.
The common name for chlamydia tracomatis is chlamydia. It is one of the most common STDs in the world.
The scientific name for chlamydia is Chlamydia trachomatis.
Chlamydia trachomatis is a bacteria.
Chlamydia is a medical term for a family of bacteria, but in common language, it usually refers to infection with Chlamydia trachomatis.
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.
A baby gets infected in the lungs with chlamydia trachomatis, the germ that causes the STD known as chlamydia, by being infected during vaginal birth. Adults do not get chlamydia trachomatis in their lungs. However, a different bacteria, Chlamydia pneumonia, is a common cause of bronchitis and pneumonia in children and adults. This infection is not sexually transmitted. A person infected with Chlamydia pneumonia has inflammation of the air passageways inside the lungs. Chlamydia pneumonia causes about 1 out of 10 cases of pneumonia in the US. The illness responds well to treatment with antibiotics.
Chlamydia trachomatis has only the human host.
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.