• Rather, it was produced by a tiny intracellular bacterium known as Legionella pneumophila , the pathogen behind a serious lung infection called Legionnaire's disease. (the-scientist.com)
  • All cases reported in Amsterdam and France and a considerable percentage of LGV infections in the UK and Germany were caused by a newly discovered Chlamydia variant, L2b, a.k.a. the Amsterdam variant. (wikipedia.org)
  • Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in the United States, with around 2.86 million infections occurring every year. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Vaccination would be the best way to way to prevent a chlamydia infection, and this study has identified important new antigens which could be used as part of a vaccine to prevent or eliminate the damaging reproductive consequences of untreated infections. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Urinary tract infections or UTIs are typically caused by bacteria. (askdocweb.com)
  • Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) occur when a high count of unhealthy bacteria or viruses are present inside or on the genitals. (wku.edu)
  • For the fourth year in a row, federal health officials report that there has been a sharp increase in sexually transmitted diseases in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tallied nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis in 2017 - an increase of 200,000 cases over the previous year, and a record high. (wfdd.org)
  • Ophthalmia neonatorum occurs when an infant is exposed to chlamydia or gonorrhea while passing through the birth canal. (vivu.tv)
  • Current recommendations call for sexually active women under the age of 25 to get tested annually for chlamydia and gonorrhea. (wfdd.org)
  • Chlamydia and gonorrhea , if untreated, can leave a woman infertile. (wfdd.org)
  • Chlamydia is usually transmitted through having vaginal, anal, or oral sex with an infected person. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Chlamydia can also be passed from an infected mother to her baby during vaginal delivery and result in eye infection, blindness, and pneumonia in newborn infants. (askdocweb.com)
  • Next, the team plans to conduct further testing of different BD584 formulations to see how they fare against different strains of chlamydia. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • We still need to understand the advantage that glycogen accumulation brings to Chlamydia trachomatis, a pathogen that develop exclusively in humans. (pasteur.fr)
  • How does Chlamydia trachomatis cause blindness? (vivu.tv)
  • Chlamydia trachomatis is also able to colonize the eye, and the resulting inflammation is the leading cause of blindness by an infectious agent in several developing countries. (pasteur.fr)
  • Men can get chlamydia in the urethra (inside the penis), rectum, or throat. (aidsmap.com)
  • Urethritis (irritation of your urethra) may be due to the identical bacterias that can lead to STDs plus symptoms add a using up feel during urination, and thick or weak release. (global-medicalsearch.com)
  • Chlamydia, a bacterial infection, remained the most common sexually transmitted disease, with more than 1.7 million reported cases. (wfdd.org)
  • Chlamydia is a bacterial infection of the genital tract by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. (askdocweb.com)
  • Chlamydia often has mild or no symptoms, but if left untreated, it can lead to serious complications, including infertility. (hivedmonton.com)
  • also known as climatic bubo, Durand-Nicolas-Favre disease, poradenitis inguinale, lymphogranuloma inguinale, and strumous bubo) is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the invasive serovars L1, L2, L2a, L2b, or L3 of Chlamydia trachomatis. (wikipedia.org)
  • Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the U.S., with more than 1.7 million reported cases in 2017. (wfdd.org)
  • Chlamydia infection is one of the most common types of sexually transmitted disease. (askdocweb.com)
  • Researchers have made progress toward the first ever vaccine for chlamydia, after revealing how a novel antigen reduced symptoms triggered by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis - the most common cause of the disease. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Caused by an overgrowth of the chlamydia trachomatis bacterium, most people who have chlamydia have no symptoms or their symptoms may not appear until several weeks after you have sex with an infected partner. (wku.edu)
  • For Mukherjee, the paper was a revelation: not only did it identify the fastest way yet to target Golgi biology, it suggested that scientists could use intracellular bacteria "as a lens to understand basic processes inside the cell. (the-scientist.com)
  • And she gained a new appreciation for the myriad other types of intracellular bacteria, a diverse group that includes many medically significant pathogens such as Salmonella , Listeria, and Chlamydia , as well as the causative agents of tuberculosis and leprosy. (the-scientist.com)
  • Tuberculosis or TB is a bacterium that infects the lungs. (askdocweb.com)
  • Scientists studying pathogens such as Chlamydia , Legionella , and Listeria get a master class in how to control the internal workings of mammalian cells. (the-scientist.com)
  • Bacteria can spread via an infected person's hands or clothing and may be carried by flies that have come into contact with discharge from the eyes or nose of an infected person. (cehjournal.org)
  • The bacteria are opportunistic and mainly affect debilitated patients but can also occur in healthy patients. (askdocweb.com)
  • At present, the only ways to reduce the risk of chlamydia are to use a condom during sexual intercourse or to avoid sexual contact completely. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • This discovery answers a 50-year old question: how do the bacteria manage to accumulate glycogen in a space that is separated from the host? (pasteur.fr)
  • Rarely do they experience health problems linked to chlamydia, but on a rare occasion the disease could prevent a man from being able to have children. (wku.edu)
  • Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a condition of having too much of the gardnerella vaginalis bacterium present. (wku.edu)