Chlamydia

CHLAMYDIA Chlamydia (say "kluh-MID-ee-uh") is a disease spread through sexual contact. This contamination taints the urethra in men. In ladies, it taints the urethra and the cervix and can spread to the conceptive organs. It is a standout amongst the most widely recognized sexually transmitted contaminations (STIs). Chlamydia does not bring about issues on the off chance that you treat it immediately. In any case, left untreated, it can prompt to difficult issues, particularly for ladies:  On…

Chlamydia is a pathogen classified as bacteria, and it is an obligated intracellular organism it is lacks of mitochondria, so it does not produce its own energy and depends completely on the host’s cell metabolism (Oligosaccharide that mediated chlamydial infection is identified, 1997). Chlamydia can affect both men and women. Usually, people infected with this germ do not show evidence of symptoms or if they do, they would be mild, and sometimes when complications associated with the disease…

The most common sexually transmitted disease in the United States is chlamydia and the disease may cause serious damage to an individual’s body (Pommerville, 2014). Many individuals are usually unaware that they are a carrier of the disease due to unnoticeable symptoms. Chlamydia may be passed through vaginal, oral, or anal sex, and may me passed from mother to her fetus. No individual is immune to this sexually transmitted disease. Knowing the characteristics of the microorganism, the…

Introduction The existence of Chlamydia trachomatis has only been acknowledged for a little bit over a century. The microorganism was discovered in 1907 by scientists Ludwig Halberstaedter and Stanislaus von Prowazek when they detected it in scrapings of the conjunctiva of an infected orangutan (Budai, 2007). The duo found that similar microbes were found in humans as well. The affected areas were the urethra of males, cervices of women and the eyes of their infants (Dimitrakov, 2002).…

Chlamydia • Chlamydia trachomatis • Chlamydia trachomatis infection is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted diseases (STI) worldwide. • Chlamydia trachomatis is obligated intracellular pathogens causing a range of acute and chronic diseases in humans and animals. Sometimes it is asymptomatic infection, the person may not have any sign or symptoms of diseases. Chlamydia trachomatis is naturally a coccoid shaped bacteria which are…

Chlamydia: The Silent Killer Javier Martin Waukesha County Technical College Section 11274 Instructor: Dr. Tracy Neher April 30, 2017 Chlamydia: The Silent Killer A sexually transmitted infection that affects approximately 3 million Americans per year with a yearly cost of 2.1 billion dollars for treatment and prevention is caused by the bacterial pathogen Chlamydia trachomatis. Known as the silent disease for its ability to conceal itself in the body, chlamydia…

Chlamydia is known as an infection that is caused by a type of bacteria that is passed during through sexual contact (Planned Parenthood 2014). It is the most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection in the United States. Statistics show that about 3 million American women and men are infected with chlamydia every year (Planned Parenthood 2014). Mostly it is common amongst women and men under the age of 25 (Planned Parenthood 2014). It is more than three times as common as gonorrhea and…

Effective health promotion and prevention of Chlamydia depends on the ability of the audience to understand and retain health information provided by the medical professional. This enables the audience to change and adopt positive attitudes and behaviors to protect them from being infected with the disease. While teaching patients, their families or the community about prevention of Chlamydia, factors that play a critical role in influencing the learning outcomes could be related to the…

Study #8 APA Citation Thomson, A., Morgan, S., Henderson, K., Tapley, A., Spike, N., Scott, J., . . . Magin, P. (2014). Testing and screening for chlamydia in general practice: A cross-sectional analysis. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38(6), 542-547. doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12261 Study Type (specific type e.g., cohort, RCT, specific qualitative study, and etc.). A cross-sectional analysis from one large cohort study *Evidence Level (I, II, III, IVA, IVB, VA. VB, VI) Level VB…

sample. The overall prevalence of chlamydia was 1.7%, showing there are approximately 1.8 million infected with the disease nationally. Results were shown that non-Hispanic blacks had 5.2%, Mexican-Americans 2.3%, White, non-Hispanic…