| H00348 | |
| H number | H00348 |
| Name | Lymphogranuloma venereum |
| Description | Chlamydia trachomatis is a gram-negative, obligate intracellular bacterium that causes the most common sexually transmissible diseases in the world. Serovars L1, L2, L2a and L3 of C. trachomatis are the agents of lymphogranuloma venereum, a disease found in isolated groups of men who have sex with men (MSM) across Western Europe, North America, and Australia. |
| Category | Bacterial infectious disease |
| Network | - |
| Gene | - |
| Pathogen | Chlamydia trachomatis [GN:ctrp ctlj ctlx ctll ctb ctrr ctlf ctli ctl ctru ctrl ctrv ctrm ctla ctlm ctls ctlz ctlc ctln ctlb ctlq cto ctrn] |
| Env factor | - |
| Carcinogen | - |
| Drug | Tetracycline hydrochloride [DR:D02122] Doxycycline [DR:D00307] Doxycycline hyclate [DR:D02129] Doxycycline calcium [DR:D03903] Minocycline hydrochloride [DR:D00850] Demeclocycline hydrochloride [DR:D00290] |
| Comment | - |
| Other DBs | ICD-11: 1A80 ICD-10: A55 MeSH: D008219 MedlinePlus: 000634 |
| Reference | PMID:20358033 AUTHORS Rohde G, Straube E, Essig A, Reinhold P, Sachse K TITLE Chlamydial zoonoses. JOURNAL Dtsch Arztebl Int 107:174-80 (2010) DOI:10.3238/arztebl.2010.0174 PMID:19220334 AUTHORS Bebear C, de Barbeyrac B TITLE Genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections. JOURNAL Clin Microbiol Infect 15:4-10 (2009) DOI:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02647.x PMID:8993862 AUTHORS Black CM TITLE Current methods of laboratory diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis infections. JOURNAL Clin Microbiol Rev 10:160-84 (1997) DOI:10.1128/CMR.10.1.160-184.1997 |