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Chlamydiae
Microbiology - Chlamydiae
Question | Answer |
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Atypical bacteria | chlamydiae, mycoplasmae, ureaplasmae, rickettsiae |
chlamydiae genera | chlamydia/chlamydophila |
chlamydia species | chlamydia trachomatis & c. psittaci |
chlamydia trachomatis | many serotypes |
chlamydia psittaci | does not have various serotypes |
chlamydiae | smallest of cellular organisms |
chlamydiae | obligate intracellular parasites |
chlamydiae | 2 distinct life forms: elementary & reticulate bodies |
chlamydiae | previously known as bedsonia |
chlamydiae | interesting life cylce |
elementary body | infectious, changes into reticulate body into host cell. Can survive oustide the cell |
reticulate body | multiplies by binary fission, inside host cell changes into elementary body. Are incapable of causing infection |
Chlamydial diseases | C. Trachomatis - A,B,Ba (Trachoma); C. Trachomatis D-K (Inclusion Conjunctivitis & #1 STD & Inclusion Blenorrhea); C. Trachomatis L1,L2, L3 (STD: Lymphogranuloma Venereum) |
Chlamydia Psittaci | causes Parrot fever (Ornithosis) |
C. Trachomatis A,B,Ba | causes Trachoma |
Trachoma | #1 preventable eye infection, causes corneal tumor (Pannus), velvety conjuctiva |
C. Trachomatis D-K | causes inclusion conjuctivitis, #1 STD, & inclusion blenorrhea |
Inclusion Conjuctivitis | non blinding eye infection (swimming pool conjuctivitis) |
#1 STD | mimics Gonorrhea (#3 STD) |
Inclusion Blenorrhea | eye infection of neonate, pus in eye, rarely causes blindness, passed from mother to new born |