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Chlamydia trachomatis

g⊖ very small, Peptidoglycan ⊖, Muramic acid ⊖, Obligate intracellular Life cycle Elementary body → Small, infective, transmits by contact Reticulate body → Large, intracellular, ATP parasite Clinic A-C → Trachoma → Chronic conjunctivitis → Keratitis ⇒ Blindness (Africa) D-K Infants → Inclusion conjunctivitis, Pneumonia (eosinophilia, staccato cough, 1-3 m...

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