Mycoplasma trachomatis

Mycoplasma trachomatis is generally mainly Chlamydia trachomatis, this small microorganism can cause many diseases, such as trachoma, genitourinary tract infection, etc., the characteristics and characteristics of different diseases are different, and the harm is very great. We need to have a certain understanding of the diseases caused by Mycoplasma trachomatis, and if we find a similar situation, we should actively treat it. Let's take a look.

caused by the disease

(1) Trachoma: caused by chlamydia trachoma variants A, B, BA, C. It is mainly transmitted by direct or indirect contact, that is, through the way of eye ~ eye or eye ~ hand ~ eye. When Chlamydia trachomatis infects ocular conjunctival epithelial cells, it proliferates and forms scattered, cap, mulberry, or tamponade inclusions in the cytoplasm. The disease has a slow onset, with acute or subacute inflammation of the eyelid conjunctiva in the early stages, presenting with symptoms and signs such as lacrimation, mucopurulent discharge, and conjunctival injection. Later migration is chronic, with conjunctival scarring, inverted eyelids, trichiasis, corneal pannus causing corneal damage, which affects vision and eventually leads to blindness. According to statistics, trachoma is the leading cause of blindness. In 1956, Chinese scholar Tang Feifan and others successfully isolated Chlamydia trachomatis for the first time in the world by inoculating chicken embryo yolk sac, thus promoting the research on plasma.

(2) Inclusion body capsulitis: caused by trachoma variant D~K serotype. There are two types: infant and adult. The former is an infection of the infant through the birth canal, causing acute purulent conjunctivitis (pus leakage of the inclusion body), which does not invade the cornea and can heal spontaneously. Adult infections can cause follicular conjunctivitis, also known as pool conjunctivitis, through sexual contact, through the eye-to-eye route, or from contaminated pool water. The lesion resembles trachoma, but there is no corneal pannu and no conjunctival scarring, and it usually heals after weeks or months without sequelae.

(3) Genitourinary tract infection: transmitted through sexual contact, caused by trachoma biological variant D~K serotype. Men usually present with urethritis, which resolves without treatment, but most of them become chronic, periodically exacerbated, and can be combinedepididymitis, proctitis, etc. Women can cause urethritis,CervicitisSalpingitis is a more serious complication. This serotype can sometimes cause chlamydia trachomatis pneumonia.

(4) Lymphogranuloma venereum: caused by the biological variant of Chlamydia trachomatis LGV. LGV is transmitted through sexual contact and is a sexually transmitted disease. In men, invasion of inguinal lymph nodes causes purulent lymphadenitis and chronic lymphogranulomas. Women may invade the perineum, anus, and rectum, and develop perineal anorectal tissue stenosis.