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Chlamydiae
Microbiology - Chlamydiae
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |