With interest we read the article of Saito et al. that describes a severe case of chlamydiosis in humans (3). However, according to us two major points need to be clarified. The taxonomy of chlamydiae has been illustrated in 1999 by Everett et al. (1), and such classification is accepted universally, as evidenced by a number of manuscripts published in recent years. Classification is based on d...

With interest we read the article of Saito et al. that describes a severe case of chlamydiosis in humans (3). However, according to us two major points need to be clarified. The taxonomy of chlamydiae has been illustrated in 1999 by Everett et al. (1), and such classification is accepted universally, as evidenced by a number of manuscripts published in recent years. Classification is based on d...

Background Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) is a common cause of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and a prevalent microorganism found in the vaginal discharge of sexually active women. The infection usually has no symptoms; although it may cause chronic complications such as pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), ectopic pregnancy, chronic pelvic pain, tubal infertility and cervical cancer. This stu...

The aim of this study was to describe parasites of three lynx living in an enclosure of Western Pomeranian Nature Society in Jablonowo. During analysis of 3 gram faecal samples eggs of Toxascaris leonina, Toxocara cati, Ancylostoma sp. and oocysts of Cystoisospora felis were found. To our knowledge this is the first report of C. felis infection in lynx from Poland. Presented research show that ...

Role of inflammatory monocytes in vaccine-induced reduction of Helicobacter felis 1 infection 2 3 Mati Moyat, Matthias Mack, Hanifa Bouzourene, Dominique Velin 4 Service of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Lausanne 5 University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland 6 Universitätsklinikum Regensburg Innere Medizin II –Nephrologie, Regensburg, 7 Germany 8 UNISciences, University...

1. Schriefer ME, Sacci JB Jr, Dumler JS, Bullen MG, Azad AF. Identifi cation of a novel rickettsial infection in a patient diagnosed with murine typhus. J Clin Microbiol. 1994;32:949–54. 2. Zavala-Velasquez JE, Ruiz-Sosa JA, Sanchez-Elias RA, Becerra-Carmona G, Walker DH. Rickettsia felis in Yucatan. Lancet. 2000;356:1079–80. 3. Richter J, Fournier P, Petridou J, Haussinger D, Raoult D. Rickett...

A gram-negative coccobacillus was isolated from the lower respiratory tract of a cat with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The isolate required CO2 and V factor for growth and was initially identified as Haemophilus paraphrophilus on the basis of its nutritional requirements, colony morphology, and some biochemical tests. Because of the host specificity of Haemophilus species and discrepa...

Rickettsia typhi is the causal agent of murine typhus; a worldwide zoonotic and vector-borne infectious disease, commonly associated with the presence of domestic and wild rodents. Human cases of murine typhus in the state of Yucatán are frequent. However, there is no evidence of the presence of Rickettsia typhi in mammals or vectors in Yucatán. The presence of Rickettsia in rodents and their e...