Chlamydiae are obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens of eukaryotic cells responsible for
a wide variety of important human and animal infections. In humans, chlamydial infections …

Our current concept of the pathogenesis of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a synthesis
of information from many sources. The main part is indirectly derived fromepidemiological …

In vitroinfection of freshly isolated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (HPBMC)
withChlamydia pneumoniaewas found to induce a production of tumour necrosis factorα …

Type I interferons (IFNs) induced during in vitro chlamydial infection exert bactericidal and
immunomodulatory functions. To determine the precise role of type I IFNs during in vivo …

Intrahepatic lymphocytic aggregates are observed in chronic hepatitis C as well as in
autoimmune chronic hepatitis. Autoantibodies and autoimmune manifestations may occur in …

Purpose Trachoma, a chronic follicular conjunctivitis caused by infection with Chlamydia
trachomatis, is the leading cause of preventable blindness. The blinding complications are …

Certain bacterial infections have been demonstrated to be causative of reactive arthritis. The
most common bacterial trigger of reactive arthritis is Chlamydia trachomatis. Chlamydia …

This chapter discusses the possible role of gamma interferon (IFN‐γ) and heat shock
proteins (Hsps) in the pathogenesis of chlamydial disease. It reviews preliminary evidence …

A role for interleukin-6 (IL-6) in malignant mesothelioma has been suggested by the
clinically presenting symptoms of mesothelioma patients, which include fever, weight loss …

Following an oral inoculation, Chlamydia muridarum descends to the mouse large intestine
for long-lasting colonization. However, a mutant C. muridarum that lacks the plasmid …