{i} bacteria which causes a number of diseases which affect both men and animals (Microbiology); sexually transmitted disease which affects the genitalia (Pathology)
Any of the bacterial parasites that make up the genus Chlamydia, which cause several diseases in humans, including conjunctivitis and chlamydial pneumonia. One form causes a variety of sexually transmitted diseases. In men, symptoms are similar to those of gonorrhea. In women, chlamydial infection ordinarily produces few, if any, symptoms, and most infected women thus are unaware of their condition. However, untreated infections in women can lead to sterility, a higher risk of premature births, and ectopic pregnancies. Chlamydia frequently causes conjunctivitis or pneumonia in the newborn infant. Treatment is with antibiotics
coccoid rickettsia infesting birds and mammals; cause infections of eyes and lungs and genitourinary tract a sexually transmitted infection caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia