NEET PG Medical – 2020 – Question – 89
Organism Causing LGV
a) Chlamydia trachomatis
b) Neisseria gonorrhoeae
c) Treponema pallidum
d) Haemophilus ducreyi
Correct Answer – A
Answer- A- Chlamydia trachomatis
Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is a long-term (chronic) infection of the lymphatic system.
It is caused by any of the 3 different types (serovars) of the bacteria Chlamydia trachomatis.
The bacteria are spread by sexual contact. The infection is not caused by the same bacteria that cause genital chlamydia.
Chlamydia trachomatis causes eye (conjunctivitis, trachoma), respiratory (pneumonia), and genital tract (urethritis,
lymphogranuloma venereum) infections.
Diagnosis made with the nucleic acid test for C.trachomatis, LGV serovars diagnosed serologically.
Lange Review of Medical Microbiology & Immunology 14/e 208
