Chlamydia trachomatis conjunctivitis in a male teenager: A case report;Congiuntivite da Chlamydia trachomatis in un adolescente maschio: Descrizione di un caso

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 140-143

  Sulis, Giorgia ^a   Urbinati, Lucia ^a   Franzoni, Alessandra ^a   Gargiulo, Franco ^b   Carvalho, Anna Cristina C ^a,c   Matteelli, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Chlamydia trachomatis; Conjunctivitis; Screening; Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETAMETHASONE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; HYALURONIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRURITUS; PUNCTATE KERATITIS; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; TRACHOMA; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904257434     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Sexually transmitted infections in Europe 1990-2010. Stockholm, ECDC, 2012. Retrieved from http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications/publications/ 201206-sexually-transmitted-infections-europe-2010.pdf Last accessed February 21, 2014.
2. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Grand Rounds: Chlamydia prevention: challenges and strategies for reducing disease burden and sequelae. MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly Rep. 60 (12), 370-373, 2011.
3. Jenkins W.D., Nessa L.L., Clark T. Cross-sectional study of pharyngeal and genital chlamydia and gonorrhoea infections in emergency department patients. Sex. Transm. Infect. 90 (3), 246-249, 2014.
4. Sonnenberg P., Clifton S., Beddows S., et al. Prevalence, risk factors, and uptake of interventions for sexually transmitted infections in Britain: find ings from the National Surveys of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles (Natsal). Lancet 382 (9907), 1795-806, 2013.
5. Haar K., Bremer V., Houareau C., et al. Risk factors for Chlamydia trachomatis infection in adolescents: results from a representative population-based survey in Germany, 2003-2006. Euro Surveill. 18 (34), pii: 20562, 2013.
6. Bekler C., Kultursay N., Ozacar T., et al. Chlamydial infections in term and preterm neonates. Jpn J. Infect. Dis. 65 (1), 1-6, 2012.
7. Kakar S., Bhalla P., Maria A., et al. Chlamydia trachomatis causing neonatal conjunctivitis in a tertiary care center. Indian J. Med. Microbiol. 28 (1), 45-7, 2010.
8. Matteelli A., Sulis G., Capelli M., et al. Prevalence of genital Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections among adolescents in Northern Italy. Sex. Transm. Infect. 89, A154, 2013.
9. Postema E.J., Remeijer L., van der Mejden W.I. Epidemiology of genital chlamydial infections in patients with chlamydial conjunctivitis; a retrospective study. Genitourin. Med. 72, 203-205, 1996.
10. Yuan Y., Zhang Y.X., Watkins N.G., Caldwell H.D. Nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences for the four variable domains of the major outer membrane proteins of the 15 Chlamydia trachomatis serovars. Infect. Immun. 57 (4), 1040-1049, 1989.
11. Nunes A., Borrego M.J., Gomes J.P. Genomic features beyond Chlamydia trachomatis phenotypes: What do we think we know? Infect. Genet. Evol. 16, 392-400, 2013.
12. Baguley S., Greenhose P. Non-genital manifestation of Chlamydia trachomatis. Clin. Med. 3 (3), 206-208, 2003.
13. Wang S.P., Grayston J.T. Three new serovars of Chlamydia trachomatis. J. Infect. Dis. 163 (2), 403-405, 1991.
14. World Health Organization (WHO). Global WHO Alliance for the elimination of blinding trachoma by 2020. Wkly Epidemiol. Rec. 87 (17), 161-168, 2012. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/wer/ 2012/wer8717.pdf Last accessed February 21, 2014.
15. World Health Organization (WHO). Prevalence and incidence of selected sexually transmitted infections: Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, syphilis and Trichomonas vaginalis. Methods and results used by WHO to generate 2005 estimates. Retrieved from http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/ 2011/9789241502450_eng.pdf. Last accessed February 21 2014.
16. Garland S.M., Malatt A., Tabrizi S., et al. Chlamydia trachomatis conjunctivitis: prevalence and association with genital tract infection. Med. J. Aust. 162, 363-366, 1995.
17. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Sexually transmitted diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2010. Retrieved from http://www.cdc. gov/std/treatment/2010/sexual-assault.htm Last accessed February 21, 2014.
18. American Academy of Ophthalmology-Cornea/External Disease Panel Members. Preferred Practice Pattern Guidelines: Conjunctivitis-limited revision, 2011. Retrieved from http://one.aao.org/ asset.axd?id=4848a02c-26e4-417f-8651-035add6 44509. Last accessed February 21 2014.
19. Batteiger B.E., Tu W., Ofner S., et al. Repeated Chlamydia trachomatis genital infections in adolescent women. J. Infect. Dis. 201, 42-51, 2010.