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What is the scientific name for chlamydia?
Chlamydia trachomatis is the scientific name for the bacteria that causes chlamydia.
What is chlamydia trachomatis considered to be?
Chlamydia trachomatis is a bacteria.
What is the medical term meaning chlamydia?
Chlamydia is a medical term for a family of bacteria, but in common language, it usually refers to infection with Chlamydia trachomatis.
Is trachomatis the same as trichomonas?
Trachomatis is not the same as trichomonas. Chlamydia trachomatis is a bacterial STD, and trichomonas vaginalis is a protozoal STD.
What is rationale of chlamydia trachomatis?
Chlamydia is a bacteria; it has no rationale.
What shape is chlamydia?
Chlamydia trachomatis is coccoid and gram negative.
What class does chlamydia belong?
Chlamydia trachomatis is in the class Chlamydiae
Does chlamydia survive freezing?
Chlamydia trachomatis will not survive freezing.
Is Bacillus anthracis bigger than Chlamydia trachomatis?
The Bacillus anthracis bacterium is significantly bigger than Chlamydia trachomatis.
Can you get chlamydia from coughing?
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.
How many hosts does chlamydia have?
Chlamydia trachomatis has only the human host.
What are the common co-infections for chlamydia?
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.
