Genitourinary Chlamydia trachomatis infection

Genitourinary *Chlamydia trachomatis* infection is a common sexually transmitted bacterial disease affecting the mucosal epithelial linings of the reproductive and urinary tracts in sexually active adolescents and adults Caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium *Chlamydia trachomatis* (predominantly serovars D through K), the infection commonly manifests as cervicitis or urethritis, presenting with dysuria, mucopurulent discharge, or intermenstrual bleeding, though a majority of cases rema...

Genitourinary *Chlamydia trachomatis* infection is a common sexually transmitted bacterial disease affecting the mucosal epithelial linings of the reproductive and urinary tracts in sexually active adolescents and adults Caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium *Chlamydia trachomatis* (predominantly serovars D through K), the infection commonly manifests as cervicitis or urethritis, presenting with dysuria, mucopurulent discharge, or intermenstrual bleeding, though a majority of cases rema...

Genitourinary *Chlamydia trachomatis* infection is a common sexually transmitted bacterial disease affecting the mucosal epithelial linings of the reproductive and urinary tracts in sexually active adolescents and adults

Left untreated, ascending infection can produce significant secondary reproductive morbidity, such as pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, and tubal-factor infertility in females, or epididymitis in males

Left untreated, ascending infection can produce significant secondary reproductive morbidity, such as pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy, and tubal-factor infertility in females, or epididymitis in males