Lymphogranuloma venereum

Definition:

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.

References:

[1]. C Bébéar, et al. Genital Chlamydia trachomatis infections. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2009 Jan;15(1):4-10. [Content Brief]

[2]. Gernot Rohde, et al. Chlamydial zoonoses. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2010 Mar;107(10):174-80. [Content Brief]

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