Chlamydia trachomatis

Definition 1

A Gram-negative bacterium in the genus Chlamydia. It is an obligate intracellular pathogen and is the causative agent of vaginal Chlamydial infections in humans and lymphogranuloma venereum. (NCI Thesaurus)

Definition 2

A species of facultatively aerobic, Gram-negative, coccobacilli assigned to the phylum Chlamydiae. This species cannot be grown on an artificial medium, lacks peptidoglycan within the cell wall, forms elementary and reticulate bodies and can be identified using monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to epitopes in the VS 4 region of MOMP along with DNA sequencing. C. trachomatis is an obligate intracellular parasite that can be transmitted through sexual contact causing infections of the genital tract and rectum and infertility in women, as well as cause eye infections. (NCI Thesaurus)

Definition 3

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Chlamydia trachomatis. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

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