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The trophoblast cells are in direct contact with endometrial tissues throughout gestation, playing important early roles in implantation and placentation. The physiologic significance and the operating mechanisms involved in probable altered trophoblast functions following Chlamydia trachomatis infection were investigated to determine if C. trachomatis initiates productive infection in trophobl...

Background: Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhea are the most public health concern in developing countries. Screening for sexually transmitted infection such as Neisseria gonorrhea and Chlamydia trachomatis was suggested by CDC at first visit and also last trimester of pregnancy because early infection can asymptomatic and also may complicated by severe sequela. Objective: This paper ...

Methanol, used for fixing chlamydia organisms to microscopic slides, was shown to eliminate the antigenic reactivity of Chlamydia pneumoniae elementary bodies with fluorescent antibodies. Acetone fixation had no adverse effect. Chlamydia trachomatis and Chlamydia psittaci were not affected by methanol fixation. The effect of methanol on C. pneumoniae is another characteristic that differentiate...

conclusions considering the role of these bacteria in urogenital infections, a screening test is recommended. since the pcr assay is a highly sensitive and specific assay for the detection of these bacteria in male urine specimens, it provides a noninvasive technique for routine screening. objective this study was designed to estimate the prevalence of chlamydia trachomatis and mycoplasma genit...

While ascension of Chlamydia trachomatis into the upper genital tract of women can cause pelvic inflammatory disease and Fallopian tube damage, most infections elicit no symptoms or overt upper genital tract pathology. Consistent with this asymptomatic clinical presentation, genital C. trachomatis infection of women generates robust TH2 immunity. As an animal model that modeled this response wo...

OBJECTIVE A number of studies have reported association between Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) and Chlamydia infection and the risk of schizophrenia. The aim of the present study was to compare the prevalence of T. gondii and Chlamydia infection between the schizophrenia and normal control subjects and to compare the clinical features between seropositive and seronegative schizophrenia patients....

Chlamydia is an obligate intracellular bacterium and, as such, has significantly reduced its genome size and content. Although recent advances have allowed for transformation of C. trachomatis with an exogenous plasmid, genetic manipulation of Chlamydia remains challenging. In particular, the ability to create conditional knockouts has not been developed. This is particularly important given th...