Chlamydial Infections
Chlamydia trachomatis is a major infectious cause of genital and eye disease. It is naturally found living only inside human cells and is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in people worldwide. About 1/4th of men and most women experience no specific early symptoms from chlamydial infection and many of them become asymptomatic carriers of chlamydial disease. In men, urethritis is marked by scant, watery [later mucoid] urethral discharge. Other symptoms include a pain and dysuria. In women, there is dysuria, urgency and mild leucorrhoea. Cervicitis is a relatively common finding. It is manifested as mucopurulent discharge and edema or bleeding tendency of the orifice of the uterus. In women, prolonged chlamydial infection often results in endometritis and salpingitis and in many cases is the presenting feature. Chlamydia trachomatis is sensitive to macrolides and tetracyclines.
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