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Chlamydia trachomatis, Genital Infections (Chlamydia
trachomatis)
1990 Case Definition
Clinical description
Infection with Chlamydia trachomatis may
result in urethritis, epididymitis, cervicitis, acute salpingitis,
or other syndromes when sexually transmitted. Perinatal infections
may result in inclusion conjunctivitis and pneumonia among newborns.
Other syndromes caused by C. trachomatis include lymphogranuloma
venereum (see Lymphogranuloma Venereum Infection) and trachoma.
Laboratory criteria for diagnosis
- Isolation of C. trachomatis by culture,
or
- Demonstration of C. trachomatis in
a clinical specimen by antigen detection methods
Case classification
Confirmed: a case
that is laboratory confirmed
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