Chlamydia Flashcards
What is Chlamydia?
A sexually transmitted disease
What agent causes Chlamydia?
Chlamydia trachomatis
What is the most frequently reported bacterial STI?
Chlamydia
How is Chlamydia transmitted?
- Oral, anal, or vaginal sex
2. Vaginal childbirth if mom is infected
What population is at the greatest risk for contracting Chlamydia?
Teen and young girls because of immature cervix
What is the incubation period for Chlamydia?
7 to 21 days
What symptoms do women typically experience?
- Asymptomatic
- Vaginal discharge, dysuria,
- If spreads to fallopian tubes - fever, abdominal pain, low back pain, nausea, pain during intercourse, bleeding between periods
What symptoms do men typically experience?
- Penile discharge, dysuria, pain or pruritus around meatus
- Rectal pain and discharge bleeding (male to male sex)
Who can develop oral chlamydia? Men, women, or both?
Both
Symptoms of Chlamydia are similar to symptoms of ?
Gonorrhea
What is the preferred method of testing for Chlamydia?
NAAT (Nucleic Acid Amplification Test) - high specificity and sensitivity
Testing for Chlamydia is typically done in conjunction with testing for ?
Gonorrhea
What is the treatment for Chlamydia?
Azithromycin (single dose) or doxycycline (1 week course)
Untreated infection in women can lead to ?
PID, ectopic pregnancy, infertility
Untreated infection in men can lead to ?
Less common, but epididymitis can result
