Chlamydia

Follow the links below to find information on chlamydial infections, including lymphogranuloma venereum and chlamydia, which is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections in Australia.

Reviewed July 2008

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Title:   Non-specific urethritis
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   Urethritis is an infection of the urethra. The urethra is the tube that runs from the bladder to the outside and urine in men, also ejaculate fluid ("cum") passes through this tube. Non-specific urethritis most commonly means there is an infection in the urethra. Sometimes the cause of the infection can be found but often is not proven. Non-specific urethritis is mostly due to a sexually transmissible infection (STI). About half of all non-specific urethritis in Australia is due to (chlamydia trachomatis).
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Chlamydia
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   Chlamydia is a sexually transmissible infection (STI). Chlamydia (Chlamydia trachomatis) is a tiny bacteria that causes an infection in the genital area. It can get into the urethra (the delicate tube that runs from your bladder), the cervix (neck of the womb) or the uterus. It can also infect the anus and, very occasionally, it can spread from the genital area and affect the liver and joints. Chlamydia is spread by sexual contact. You can get chlamydia through vaginal, anal or oral sex.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Chlamydia
Publisher:   inspire foundation
Description:   Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted bacterial infection - the most common STI amongst young people in Australia. Check out this factsheet for more info about how you get chlamydia, what the symptoms are, and how it can be treated.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Chlamydia
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease - a disease that is spread through sexual activity.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Chlamydia
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Chlamydia is a very common sexually transmitted infection caused by Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria. It often occurs in young adults, and affects both women and men.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Australasian Sexual Health Conference 2007
Publisher:  
Description:   A 92 percent increase in Chlamydia infection rates among young Australians over the past five years has meant that sexual health practitioners have had to employ innovative techniques to encourage general testing for sexually transmitted infections.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Chlamydia
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Chlamydia is an easily diagnosed and treated sexually transmissible infection (STI). In Australia it most frequently occurs in women and men under 25 years of age. It is known as the 'silent infection' because many people do not realise they are infected. If left untreated, chlamydia can cause pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) in women, which can lead to chronic pain and infertility.
Date:   Jul 2007
Title:   Chlamydia
Publisher:   Women's Health Queensland Wide Inc
Description:   Chlamydia is the most common bacterial sexually transmitted infection(STI) in Australia. This factsheet discusses how chlamydia is contracted, who is at risk, symptoms, the effects of chlamydia, pregnancy and chlamydia, diagnosis, treatment, emotional impact and prevention.
Date:   Oct 2006
Title:   Sexually transmitted infections in Victoria 2000
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   The Department of Human Services collates data on sexually transmissible infections (STIs) in Victoria. Detailed information is collected on diagnoses of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), gonorrhoea, chlamydia and syphilis.
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Chlamydia
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Chlamydia is a serious and common sexually transmitted disease, but it often causes no symptoms.
Date:   Aug 2006
Title:   Chlamydia (poster)
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   NSW Health is launching an advertising campaign designed to dramatically increase public awareness of chlamydia particularly for those in the high risk category.
Date:   Apr 2003
Title:   Pelvic inflammatory disease
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) refers to an infection caused by bacteria or other micro-organisms such as Chlamydia.
Date:   Mar 2001
Title:   Non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU)
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   The causes, symptoms, treatment, complications of non-gonoccocal urethritis are explained and general advice is given for a person under treatment.
Date:   Jun 1999
Title:   Chlamydia and gonorrhoea
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Symptoms, complications and treatment for the infection known as chlamydia and gonorrhoea.
Date:   Feb 1999
Title:   Interventions for treating genital chlamydia trachomatis infection in pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection which, if a mother has it during pregnancy and labour, can cause eye or lung infections in the newborn baby. The risk of transmission during birth varies, but is about 20% to 50% for eye infections and about...
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