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Chlamydiaceae infections

MedGen UID:
3013
•Concept ID:
C0008153
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Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Chlamydiaceae Infection; Chlamydiaceae Infections; Infection, Chlamydiaceae; Infections, Chlamydiaceae
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0020776

Definition

Infections with bacteria of the family CHLAMYDIACEAE. [from MONDO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Update on the Epidemiology, Screening, and Management of Chlamydia trachomatis Infection.
Hocking JS, Geisler WM, Kong FYS
Infect Dis Clin North Am 2023 Jun;37(2):267-288. Epub 2023 Mar 31 doi: 10.1016/j.idc.2023.02.007. PMID: 37005162
Diagnosis and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Infections: A Review.
Tuddenham S, Hamill MM, Ghanem KG
JAMA 2022 Jan 11;327(2):161-172. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.23487. PMID: 35015033
Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia. An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Metlay JP, Waterer GW, Long AC, Anzueto A, Brozek J, Crothers K, Cooley LA, Dean NC, Fine MJ, Flanders SA, Griffin MR, Metersky ML, Musher DM, Restrepo MI, Whitney CG
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2019 Oct 1;200(7):e45-e67. doi: 10.1164/rccm.201908-1581ST. PMID: 31573350Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Chlamydia Species and Related Risk Factors in Poultry in North-Western Italy: Possible Bird-to-Human Transmission for C. gallinacea.
Marchino M, Rizzo F, Barzanti P, Sparasci OA, Bottino P, Vicari N, Rigamonti S, Braghin S, Aaziz R, Vorimore F, Ru G, Laroucau K, Mandola ML
Int J Environ Res Public Health 2022 Feb 15;19(4) doi: 10.3390/ijerph19042174. PMID: 35206361Free PMC Article
Sexually Transmitted Infections in Youth With Controlled and Uncontrolled Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection.
Camacho-Gonzalez AF, Chernoff MC, Williams PL, Chahroudi A, Oleske JM, Traite S, Chakraborty R, Purswani MU, Abzug MJ; International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) P1074 Study Team
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2017 Sep 1;6(3):e22-e29. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piw039. PMID: 27440505Free PMC Article
Endemic and emerging chlamydial infections of animals and their zoonotic implications.
Wheelhouse N, Longbottom D
Transbound Emerg Dis 2012 Aug;59(4):283-91. Epub 2011 Nov 21 doi: 10.1111/j.1865-1682.2011.01274.x. PMID: 22099945
Emended description of the order Chlamydiales, proposal of Parachlamydiaceae fam. nov. and Simkaniaceae fam. nov., each containing one monotypic genus, revised taxonomy of the family Chlamydiaceae, including a new genus and five new species, and standards for the identification of organisms.
Everett KD, Bush RM, Andersen AA
Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999 Apr;49 Pt 2:415-40. doi: 10.1099/00207713-49-2-415. PMID: 10319462
Is there an infective aetiology to atherosclerosis?
Gupta S, Camm AJ
Drugs Aging 1998 Jul;13(1):1-7. doi: 10.2165/00002512-199813010-00001. PMID: 9679204

Diagnosis

Sexually Transmitted Infections in Youth With Controlled and Uncontrolled Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection.
Camacho-Gonzalez AF, Chernoff MC, Williams PL, Chahroudi A, Oleske JM, Traite S, Chakraborty R, Purswani MU, Abzug MJ; International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) P1074 Study Team
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2017 Sep 1;6(3):e22-e29. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piw039. PMID: 27440505Free PMC Article
Danger signals, inflammasomes, and the intricate intracellular lives of chlamydiae.
Pettengill MA, Abdul-Sater A, Coutinho-Silva R, Ojcius DM
Biomed J 2016 Oct;39(5):306-315. Epub 2016 Oct 27 doi: 10.1016/j.bj.2016.07.001. PMID: 27884377Free PMC Article
Characterization of Chlamydiaceae species using PCR and high resolution melt curve analysis of the 16S rRNA gene.
Robertson T, Bibby S, O'Rourke D, Belfiore T, Lambie H, Noormohammadi AH
J Appl Microbiol 2009 Dec 1;107(6):2017-28. Epub 2009 May 20 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04388.x. PMID: 19583801
Pathogenic potential of novel Chlamydiae and diagnostic approaches to infections due to these obligate intracellular bacteria.
Corsaro D, Greub G
Clin Microbiol Rev 2006 Apr;19(2):283-97. doi: 10.1128/CMR.19.2.283-297.2006. PMID: 16614250Free PMC Article
Neonatal chlamydial conjunctivitis.
Persson K, Rönnerstam R, Svanberg L, Polberger S
Arch Dis Child 1986 Jun;61(6):565-8. doi: 10.1136/adc.61.6.565. PMID: 3729525Free PMC Article

Therapy

Sexually Transmitted Infections in Youth With Controlled and Uncontrolled Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection.
Camacho-Gonzalez AF, Chernoff MC, Williams PL, Chahroudi A, Oleske JM, Traite S, Chakraborty R, Purswani MU, Abzug MJ; International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) P1074 Study Team
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2017 Sep 1;6(3):e22-e29. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piw039. PMID: 27440505Free PMC Article
Chlamydial biology and its associated virulence blockers.
Beeckman DS, De Puysseleyr L, De Puysseleyr K, Vanrompay D
Crit Rev Microbiol 2014 Nov;40(4):313-28. Epub 2012 Nov 7 doi: 10.3109/1040841X.2012.726210. PMID: 23134414
Chlamydophila psittaci eradication with doxycycline as first-line targeted therapy for ocular adnexae lymphoma: final results of an international phase II trial.
Ferreri AJ, Govi S, Pasini E, Mappa S, Bertoni F, Zaja F, Montalbán C, Stelitano C, Cabrera ME, Giordano Resti A, Politi LS, Doglioni C, Cavalli F, Zucca E, Ponzoni M, Dolcetti R
J Clin Oncol 2012 Aug 20;30(24):2988-94. Epub 2012 Jul 16 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.41.4466. PMID: 22802315
Hormonal contraceptive use and risk of sexually transmitted infections: a systematic review.
Mohllajee AP, Curtis KM, Martins SL, Peterson HB
Contraception 2006 Feb;73(2):154-65. Epub 2005 Nov 2 doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.08.012. PMID: 16413846
Is there an infective aetiology to atherosclerosis?
Gupta S, Camm AJ
Drugs Aging 1998 Jul;13(1):1-7. doi: 10.2165/00002512-199813010-00001. PMID: 9679204

Prognosis

Virulence-related comparative transcriptomics of infectious and non-infectious chlamydial particles.
Beder T, Saluz HP
BMC Genomics 2018 Aug 2;19(1):575. doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-4961-x. PMID: 30068313Free PMC Article
Sexually Transmitted Infections in Youth With Controlled and Uncontrolled Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection.
Camacho-Gonzalez AF, Chernoff MC, Williams PL, Chahroudi A, Oleske JM, Traite S, Chakraborty R, Purswani MU, Abzug MJ; International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) P1074 Study Team
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2017 Sep 1;6(3):e22-e29. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piw039. PMID: 27440505Free PMC Article
Evolution of hosts paying manifold costs of defence.
Cressler CE, Graham AL, Day T
Proc Biol Sci 2015 Apr 7;282(1804):20150065. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2015.0065. PMID: 25740895Free PMC Article
Introduction of Chlamydia trachomatis screening for young women in Germany.
Mund M, Sander G, Potthoff P, Schicht H, Matthias K
J Dtsch Dermatol Ges 2008 Dec;6(12):1032-7. Epub 2008 May 7 doi: 10.1111/j.1610-0387.2008.06743.x. PMID: 18479502
Experiences with the new genetic variant of Chlamydia trachomatis in Orebro county, Sweden - proportion, characteristics and effective diagnostic solution in an emergent situation.
Unemo M, Olcén P, Agné-Stadling I, Feldt A, Jurstrand M, Herrmann B, Persson K, Nilsson P, Ripa T, Fredlund H
Euro Surveill 2007 Apr 1;12(4):E5-6. doi: 10.2807/esm.12.04.00699-en. PMID: 17991387

Clinical prediction guides

Virulence-related comparative transcriptomics of infectious and non-infectious chlamydial particles.
Beder T, Saluz HP
BMC Genomics 2018 Aug 2;19(1):575. doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-4961-x. PMID: 30068313Free PMC Article
Sexually Transmitted Infections in Youth With Controlled and Uncontrolled Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection.
Camacho-Gonzalez AF, Chernoff MC, Williams PL, Chahroudi A, Oleske JM, Traite S, Chakraborty R, Purswani MU, Abzug MJ; International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) P1074 Study Team
J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc 2017 Sep 1;6(3):e22-e29. doi: 10.1093/jpids/piw039. PMID: 27440505Free PMC Article
Hormonal contraceptive use and risk of sexually transmitted infections: a systematic review.
Mohllajee AP, Curtis KM, Martins SL, Peterson HB
Contraception 2006 Feb;73(2):154-65. Epub 2005 Nov 2 doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.08.012. PMID: 16413846
Molecular evolution of the Chlamydiaceae.
Bush RM, Everett KD
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001 Jan;51(Pt 1):203-20. doi: 10.1099/00207713-51-1-203. PMID: 11211261
Is there an infective aetiology to atherosclerosis?
Gupta S, Camm AJ
Drugs Aging 1998 Jul;13(1):1-7. doi: 10.2165/00002512-199813010-00001. PMID: 9679204

Recent systematic reviews

Hormonal contraceptive use and risk of sexually transmitted infections: a systematic review.
Mohllajee AP, Curtis KM, Martins SL, Peterson HB
Contraception 2006 Feb;73(2):154-65. Epub 2005 Nov 2 doi: 10.1016/j.contraception.2005.08.012. PMID: 16413846

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