Six cases of prolonged and recurrenttonsillitisassociated withC. trachomatishave been reported in the literature. The bacteria have been found intonsillar cryptsof all the patients, and in the urogenital swabs in five patients, and in three sexual partners[53]. Pharyngeal infection apparently resu...
nature publishing group See COMMENTARY page XX ARTICLES Nod1, but not the ASC inflammasome, contributes to induction of IL-1 secretion in human trophoblasts after sensing of Chlamydia trachomatis PB Kavathas1,2,4, CM Boeras1,4, MJ Mulla3 and VM Abrahams3 Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct) is an ...
Chlamydia trachomatis, a sexually transmitted disease passed on during birth, is also important (2. Recently, multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) panels that include other respiratory bacteria have been implemented in clinical practice. Several studies have indicated that the atypical pathogens ...
Chlamydia infection is typically spread through unprotected vaginal, oral or anal sex. When infected vaginal fluid, semen or rectal mucus comes into contact with the body, the C. trachomatis bacteria is carried with it. Most commonly, chlamydia trachomatis infection occurs in the genitals, but it ...
Here, we demonstrate that the infected host cell may provide the context within which universal stress responses emerge for Chlamydia trachomatis. We report that during starvation of the essential nutrients iron or tryptophan, a common response of the infected epithelial cell is the suppression of ...
A. et al. Cofactors in male–female sexual transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1. J. Infect. Dis. 163, 233–239 (1991). Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar Anttila, T. et al. Serotypes of Chlamydia trachomatis and risk for development of cervical squamous cell carcinoma. ...
Step-by-Step Solution:1. Understanding Chlamydia trachomatis: - Chlamydia trachomatis is a type of bacteria that is known to cause various diseases in humans.2. Identifying the Diseases Cause
capitalized:the type genus of the family Chlamydiaceae comprising coccoid to spherical gram-negative intracellular parasitic bacteria and including one (C. trachomatis) that causes or is associated with various diseases of the eye and genitourinary tract including trachoma, lymphogranuloma venereum, cerv...
Chlamydia trachomatis is an obligate intracellular energy parasitic bacterium with a genome of 660 × 106 daltons, possessing a plasmid and unique life
C. trachomatis has a reduced genome compared with free living Gram-negative bacteria and relies on importing building blocks from the host (4). However, C. trachomatis does not have a reduced genome when viewed from the perspective of lipid metabolism (5, 6). Rather, C. trachomatis utilizes...