chlamydiae in English

noun
1
a very small parasitic bacterium that, like a virus, requires the biochemical mechanisms of another cell in order to reproduce. Bacteria of this type cause various diseases including trachoma, psittacosis, and nonspecific urethritis.
For example, if the herpes virus or chlamydia bacteria get into the eye, the symptoms tend to be more severe and last longer.

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1. Chlamydiae is the most common bacterial STD in the United States and 2.86 million chlamydiae infections are reported annually.

2. Heat-inactivated Chlamydiae produced an early agglutination of macrophages with leakage of lysosomal acid phosphatase, disintegration of neutral red-stained lysosomes, as well as a progressive irreversible damage of the macrophage.

3. Chlamydiae belonging to Subgroup A occur in both the normal male urethra and in patients with urethro-adnexitis, which means thatChlamydiae must be attributed with a significant pathogenetic role in certain cases of abacterial urethroadnexitis.