A WEB-SURFER'S GUIDE TO BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN HUMANS
Taxa associated with infection - C. trachomatis - includes 18 serovars clustered in 2 biovars ("trachoma" and "lymphogranuloma venereum")
Reported infections - trachoma, genital infection, neonatal infection, lymphogranuloma venereum
Reported susceptibilities and treatments - erythromycin, tetracycline, azithromycin
Organisms previously classified as Chlamydia pneumoniae and Chlamydia psittaci have been reclassified as Chlamydophila spp.
References - Everett, K.D.E., Bush, R.M., Andersen, A.A. (1999). Emended description of the order Chlamydiales, proposal of Parachlamydiaceae fam. nov. and Simkaniaceae fam. nov., each containing one monotypic genus, revised taxonomy of the family Chlamydiaceae, including a new genus and five new species, and standards for the identification of organisms. Int. J. syst. Bact. 49, 415-440.
