Health Tip of the Week: Other types of chlamydia infections
Published 5:00 pm Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Chlamydia can also cause eye infections and respiratory infections such as bronchitis or pneumonia in children, adolescents and adults. Babies born to women who have chlamydia are also at risk of developing these infections at birth.
In developing countries worldwide, chlamydia causes an eye infection called trachoma, which is a common cause of blindness if left untreated.