National Institutes of Health
- The primary NIH organization for research on Chlamydia Infections is the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Chlamydia Infections
Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease caused by bacteria. You can get chlamydia during oral, vaginal, or anal sex with an infected partner. Both men and women can get it.
Chlamydia usually doesn't cause symptoms. If it does, you might notice a burning feeling when you urinate or abnormal discharge from your vagina or penis.
In both men and women, chlamydia can infect the urinary tract. In women, infection of the reproductive system can lead to pelvic pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). PID can cause infertility or serious problems with pregnancy. Babies born to infected mothers can get eye infections and pneumonia from chlamydia. In men, chlamydia can infect the epididymis, the tube that carries sperm. This can cause pain, fever, and, rarely, infertility.
A lab test can tell if you have chlamydia. Antibiotics will cure the infection. Correct usage of latex condoms greatly reduces, but does not eliminate, the risk of catching or spreading chlamydia. Experts recommend that sexually active women 25 and younger get a chlamydia test every year.
NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Overviews
- Chlamydia(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Diagnosis/Symptoms
- Chlamydia Test(American Association for Clinical Chemistry)
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Prevention/Screening
- Chlamydia Screening: A Routine Test(American Medical Association) - PDF
- Condoms(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Related Issues
- Epididymitis(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Trachoma(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Pictures & Photographs
- Chlamydia(Logical Images)
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Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Chlamydia Infections
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Chlamydia Infections
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Journal Articles
References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Recognition and treatment of chlamydial infections from birth to adolescence.
- Article: Trachomatous trichiasis clamp vs standard bilamellar tarsal rotation instrumentation for...
- Article: Characteristics of the Chlamydia trachomatis species - immunopathology and infections.
- Chlamydia Infections -- see more articles
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Organizations
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Statistics
- FastStats: Sexually Transmitted Diseases/STD(National Center for Health Statistics)
- NCHHSTP Atlas(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases Surveillance, 2011: Chlamydia(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Children
- Chlamydia (for Parents)(Nemours Foundation)
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Teenagers
- Chlamydia(Nemours Foundation)
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Women
- Complications: Chlamydia(March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
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- Chlamydia
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- Chlamydia(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF
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- Chlamydia infections in women
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- Chlamydial urethritis - male
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- Condom Fact Sheet in Brief(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF
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- Endocervical gram stain
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Chlamydia Infections - Multiple Languages