Gastrointestinal obstruction associated with Chlamydia trachomatis.

Secondary amenorrhoea associated with Chlamydia trachomatis infection.

Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated from the ovaries of a 39-year-old married woman who presented with secondary amenorrhoea. Treatment with doxycycline was given and menstruation resumed spontaneously.

Endocarditis associated with Chlamydia trachomatis infection.

Chlamydia trachomatis cytotoxicity associated with complete and partial cytotoxin genes.

Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular human bacterial pathogen that infects epithelial cells of the eye and genital tract. Infection can result in trachoma, the leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide, and sexually transmitted diseases. A common feature of infection is a chronic damaging inflammatory response for which the molecular pathogenesis is not understood. It has b...

Multiple drug-resistant Chlamydia trachomatis associated with clinical treatment failure.

In vitro susceptibility testing and genotyping were done on urogenital isolates of Chlamydia trachomatis from 3 patients, 2 of whom showed evidence of clinical treatment failure with azithromycin and one of whom was the wife of a patient. All 3 isolates demonstrated multidrug resistance to doxycycline, azithromycin, and ofloxacin at concentrations >4.0 microg/mL. Recurrent disease due to relaps...

Chlamydia trachomatis.

The frequency of positive serological tests for Chlamydia trachomatis, the most common sexually transmitted pathogen in the United States, was assessed in 18,622 specimens derived from New Jersey clinics. From the results, 13 percent female patients and 17 percent male patients were reactive for chlamydial antigen.