Subclinical Infections with Tric Agents

Interaction of chlamydiae and host cells in vitro.

“…Two well-known strains, the mouse biovar of C. trachomatis (for references, see reference 288) and the GPIC strain of C. psittaci (320), were isolated from laboratory animals showing minimal signs of infection. An early report that humans are also persistently infected with C. psittaci (141) has been extended to C. trachomatis infections (202,333). There are case reports of human infections with C. psittaci (291) and C. trachomatis biovar LGV (98) that persisted for 10 to 20 years.…”

Long-term clinical, microbiological, and immunological observations of a volunteer repeatedly infected with Chlamydia trachomatis

“…Also, greater numbers of inclusions were identified by immunofluorescence than were identified in Giemsa-stained preparations. As mentioned above, inclusions seen by immunofluorescence indicated the presence of antigen but not necessarily that of viable chlamydiae, supporting the belief that long latency is a feature of chlamydial eye infection in the absence of any clinical activity (5,12).…”

Χλαμυδιακη Λοιμωξη Του Γυναικειου Γεννητικου Συστηματος. Κυτταρολογικη Κολποσκοπικη Μικροβιακη Και Παθολογοανατομικη Μελετη

“…Υπάρχουν κάποιες μελέτες όπου οι συγγραφείς προσπα θούν να επανεκτιμήσουν τη χρησιμότητα της κατά Παπανικολάου εξέτασης, στη διάγνωση της χλαμυδιακής λοίμωξης, όπως (13,158,181,205,207) και των μορφολογικών κριτηρίων που έχουν προταθεί.…”

“…"Η κλινική ένδειξη κολποσκόπησης σαν μέθοδος ελέγχου του Pap-test". 13. XI Session des journées médicales balcaniques, Istanbul 1989.…”