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Abstract

Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the causes of acute and chronic urinary tract infections and acute or silent salpingitis. Chronic or recurrent female urinary or genital tract infections with Chlamydia trachomatis have been recognised as a significant factor in the development of acute or chronic renal interstitial inflammation or increased risk of ectopic pregnancy. In most cases Chlamydia trachomatis is sexually transmitted. Moreover, it is one of the most common sexually transmitted pathogens. The current estimate is that in the United States there occur 4.5 million new infections each year. We describe 3 cases of recurrent urinary tract infections due to Chlamydia trachomatis.

Multiple Sclerosis and Chlamydia

“…Could this unfortunate encounter be the cause of MS and transverse myelitis? Bacterial urethritis is often asymptomatic, elevating the same interleukins that MS, IL-8 and IL-18 [30,31,32,33], in addition to Th17 and Th1 [34,35]. Outpatient treatment of a possible post coital cystitis, for example, would not eradicate bacterial vaginosis or chlamydia, making them potentially resistant, perpetuating the IPD/UTI insidiously [36,37].…”