caviae (formerly C. psittaci Guinea pig conjunctivitis strain); and C. felis (causes epidemic keratoconjunctivitis in cats) . ...Definition/ClassificationChlamydiae are obligate intracellular bacteria that have established a unique niche within the host cell. They cause a variety of diseases in ...
C. felis is a common cause of acute and chronic conjunctivitis and pneumonitis in cats (Johnson, 1983; Sykes, 2001), and may cause similar pathologies when transmitted to man (Cotton and Partridge, 1998; Hartley et al., 2001). Concerning the remaining chlamydial species, their zoonotic ...
Ocular infections range from mild inclusion conjunctivitis and punctate keratitis associated with chlamydial genital infections, to blinding trachoma, transmitted from eye to eye in rural populations in many developing countries.This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to ...
health centres and local ophthalmic clinics; up to 70% of cases in developed countries and possibly as high as 90% in developing countries, I The common causes of conjunctivitis and keratitis are bacterial, chlamydial, viral and parasitic infections, protein and vitamin A deficiencies, and allergie...
Chlamydiae are obligately intracellular bacteria that belong to the orderChlamydiales. They primarily cause conjunctivitis in cats, but may also play a role in other systemic and reproductive disorders in dogs and cats that remain poorly characterized. Most knowledge of chlamydial infections results from...
Conjunctivitis : Infectious and Noninfectious Myron Yanoff MD, in Ophthalmology, 2019 Chlamydial Infections The most frequent cause of neonatal conjunctivitis in the United States isC. trachomatis. Infants whose mothers have untreated chlamydial infections have a 30% –40% chance of developing conjunctivit...
but they can also causeinclusion conjunctivitisin adults, presumably byautoinoculationfrom a genital site of infection. The LGV biovars (serovars L1, L2, and L3) are also sexually transmitted and infect urogenital epithelial mucosal surfaces. However, unlike the trachoma biovars, which remain local...