Chlamydia infections in women

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Antibodies

Female reproductive anatomy

Uterus

Chlamydia can be treated with a variety of antibiotics, including azithromycin, tetracyclines, quinolones, and erythromycin. Erythromycin and amoxicillin are safe in pregnant women. Both sexual partners must be treated to prevent passing the infection back and forth between them, even though both may not have symptoms. Since gonorrhea often occurs along with chlamydia, treatment for gonorrhea is often given at the same time.

Antibiotic treatment is usually successful. Reinfection may occur if compliance with therapy is not good, or if both sexual partners are not treated.

• Pelvic inflammatory disease, including salpingitis (infected fallopian tube) and pelvic peritonitis
• Infertility in women caused by fallopian tube scarring
• Ectopic pregnancy
• Chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Call for an appointment with your health care provider if symptoms of chlamydia occur.

Review Date: 06/15/2005
Reviewed By: Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.