Emerging chlamydial infections.
Chlamydiae are important intracellular bacterial pathogens of vertebrates. In the last years, novel members of this group have been discovered: Parachlamydia acanthamoebae and Simkania negevensis seems to be emerging respiratory human pathogens, while Waddlia chondrophila might be a new agent of bovine abortion. Various species have been showed to infect also the herpetofauna and fishes, and some novel chlamydiae are endosymbionts of arthropods. In addition, molecular studies evidenced a huge diversity of chlamydiae from both environmental and clinical samples, most of such a diversity could be formed by novel lineages of chlamydiae. Experimental studies showed that free-living amoebae may support multiplication of various chlamydiae, then could play an important role as reservoir/vector of chlamydial infections. Here we reviewed literature data concerning chlamydial infections, with a particular emphasis on the novely described chlamydial organisms.
Corsaro
Daniele
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Retrovirology Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Venditti
Danielle
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D000022:Abortion, Spontaneous / Q000209:etiology; D000818:Animals; D001181:Arthropods / Q000382:microbiology; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission; D002695:Chlamydiales / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D015817:Eye Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D052776:Female Urogenital Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D052801:Male Urogenital Diseases; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D012104:Reptiles / Q000382:microbiology; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D013559:Symbiosis
D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S