Chlamydia

Question 1

Chlamydia is caused by the organism __________.

Answer 1

Chlamydia is caused by the organism Chlamydia trachomatis.

Question 2

It is important to remember that a proportion of patients will have a co-infection of Gonorrhoea and Chlamydia and this is why ___________ can now detect both organisms from the same sample.

Answer 2

It is important to remember that a proportion of patients will have a co-infection of Gonorrhoea and Chlamydia and this is why detection methods can now detect both organisms from the same sample.

Question 3

The statistics are again scary:
_____% of men will experience no symptoms.
______% of women will experience no symptoms.

Answer 3

The statistics are again scary:
50% of men will experience no symptoms.
70-80% of women will experience no symptoms.

Question 4

64% of patients presenting with Chlamydia are ___________.

Answer 4

64% of patients presenting with Chlamydia are aged 25 or under.

Question 5

what tests to do?

Answer 5

Blood Sample Analysis

Urine Sample Analysis

Penile Swab Analysis

Question 6

Further complications that can arise from a Chlamydia infection include:

Answer 6

Untreated Chlamydia infections can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease.
If not treated, 20 to 40 percent of women will develop this.
Pelvic inflammatory disease can cause chronic pelvic pain and scarring of reproductive structures.
Accounts for 15 percent of all cases of female infertility.
Is a primary cause of ectopic pregnancy.