Clinical laboratory diagnosis of Chlamydia-induced arthropathies

Chlamydia-induced reactive arthropathy is one of the common urogenital chlamydial infections. The urgency of the problem is associated with diagnostic difficulties, which is due to its unnoticeable clinical course, lesions of many organs and systems, and inadequate patient management. The lecture covers the current terminology and classification of Chlamydia-induced joint damage. Chlamydia-induced arthropathies are defined; its clinical forms are identified. Lesions of the locomotor apparatus, urogenital system, eyes, and skin, and systemic manifestations are characterized in Chlamydia trachomatis-infected patients. Used laboratory studies, clinical diagnostic informative criteria, and a differential diagnostic algorithm for arthropathies are discussed.