RT Book, Section
A1 Boslett, Bryn A.
A1 Schwartz, Brian S.
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1166619405
T1 Infections Caused by Chlamydiae
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2020
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260455281
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166619405
RD 2022/05/27
AB Chlamydiaceae  is  a  family  of  obligate  intracellular  parasites  closely  related  to  gram-negative  bacteria.  They  include  two  important  genera  of  human  pathogens—Chlamydia,  which  includes  the  species  of  Chlamydia  trachomatis,  and  Chlamydophila,  which  includes  the  species  Chlamydophila  psittaci  (formerly  known  as  Chlamydia  psittaci)  and  Chlamydophila  pneumoniae  (formerly  known  as  Chlamydia  pneumoniae).  The  differentiation  of  genera  is  based  on  differences  in  intracellular  inclusions,  sulfonamide  susceptibility,  antigenic  composition,  and  disease  production.  C  trachomatis  causes  many  different  human  infections  involving  the  eye  (trachoma,  inclusion  conjunctivitis),  the  genital  tract  (lymphogranuloma  venereum,  nongonococcal  urethritis,  cervicitis,  salpingitis),  or  the  respiratory  tract  in  infants  (pneumonitis).  C  psittaci  causes  psittacosis  and  C  pneumoniae  is  a  cause  of  respiratory  tract  infections.