Chlamydial infection

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• Synonyms

  • Chlamydia

• Effects

  • Invisibility on gram stain
  • Giemsa stain positive
  • Culture-negative endocarditis

• Parents

  • Obligate intracellular prokaryote

• Children

  • Chlamydia trachomatis infection
  • Chlamydis psittaci infection
  • Chlamydia pneumoniae
  • Chlamydial veneral infection

• Description

  • "Bacteria that are obligate intracellular parasites. Most common bacterial sexually transmitted diseases. Leading cause of infectious blindness worldwide."