The intracellular development of chlamydiae in McCoy cells incubated in Eagle's minimal essential medium lacking all 13 amino acids was examined both by fluorescence and electron microscopy and by inf...
The aim of this study was to investigate the triggering micro-organisms and the clinical as well as laboratory differences between Chlamydial and non-chlamydial reactive arthritis (ReA) in a prospecti...
Chlamydia trachomatis infection of humans is commonly a localized inflammation that can result in infertility, blindness, and perhaps arthritis. The pathogenic process(es) that cause these sequelae ar...
PURPOSE: A new polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test (Amplicor, Diagnostics, Branchburg, NJ) was evaluated for its ability to detect chlamydial DNA from previously obtained adult conjunctival specimens...
The importance of a serological diagnostic workup in male genitourinary infections with Chlamydia trachomatis and its relevance for male infertility is still under debate. In a prospective study, anti...
A 48-year-old man with "rheumatoid arthritis" of 3 years duration was found to have synovial fluid lymphocytes that were maximally stimulated in vitro by chlamydial antigen, on 5 of 6 tests over 18 mo...