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General Characteristics:
1. difficult to gram __ -- gram __ / __ staining 2. obligate __ organisms 3. there are 2 morphologically distinct forms: > __ body small, dense, __ bodies the __ form of the organism that is responsible for attaching to target host cells and promoting its entry > __ body the intracellular, metabolically __ form that divides by __ fission 4. direct microscopic examination of __-stained smears detect __ inclusions |
1. stain, -, Giemsa
2. intracellular 3. elementary, spherical, infectious, reticulate, active, binary 4. Giemsa, chlamydial |
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Chlamydia trachomatis
Clinical infections: 1. __ - chronic __ --> __ --> which is the leading cause of __ in certain parts of the world, esp. in the tropics and subtropics (Middle East, India, SEA) 2. __ conjunctivitis > __ who usually acquire the infection from passage thru an infected __ canal > __ 3. __ pneumonia 4. genital tract infections = STD > non specific or non-__ urethritis = major cause > lymphogranuloma __ or lymphogranuloma __ - genital lession with __ formation |
1. trachoma, keratoconjunctivitis, scarring, blindness
2. inclusion, newborns, vaginal, adults 3. neonatal 4. gonococcal, venereu, inguinale, bubo |
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Chlamydia psittaci
Psittacosis > infection of __ transmittabl to __ > __ infection in man |
> birds, human
> pulmonary |
