Med. praxi. 2016;13(5):234-237 | DOI: 10.36290/med.2016.050

Actual opinions on chlamydia’s infections

doc. RNDr. Vanda Boštíková, Ph.D.^1,2, MUDr. Petr Prášil, Ph.D.³, prof. Ing. Kamil Kuča, Ph.D.¹, prof. MUDr. Pavel Boštík, Ph.D.²

¹ Fakulta informatiky a managementu, Univerzita Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové

² Katedra epidemiologie, fakulta vojenského zdravotnictví, Univerzita obrany, Hradec Králové

³ Klinika infekčních nemocí, fakultní nemocnice Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové

Chlamydial infections represent a large group of diseases, which can go to chronicity. They affects the respiratory system as well as the organs, e.g. the eye, joints or central nervous system (CNS). Recently in connection with this type of infection diseases of urogenital system attracts attention. This is practically one of the most commonly registered infections transmitted by sexual intercourse (STI). If these diseases will be considered according to the agents, then the urogenital tract chlamydial infection will find themselves in a large group of bacterial infections together with mycoplazmatic problems, bacterial vaginoses or nonspecific infections due to staphylococci, streptococci, enterococci and korynebacterias. The infection is spread via droplets or direct contact between people. The importance of accurate laboratory and clinical diagnostics is well known. Treatment consists in the administration of macrolides, tetracyklines or chinolons.

Keywords: chlamydial infections, sexually transmitted diseases, gonorrhoea, respirátory infections, urogenital infections

Published: December 1, 2016  Show citation