• A chronic infection of the CONJUNCTIVA and CORNEA caused by CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
• Chronic infection of the conjunctiva and cornea caused by chlamydia trachomatis.
  CRISP Thesaurus
  National Institutes of Health, 2006
• Trachoma is a chronic conjunctivitis caused by Chlamydia trachomatis and is characterized by progressive exacerbations and remissions. It is the leading cause of preventable blindness worldwide. Initial symptoms are conjunctival hyperemia, eyelid edema, photophobia, and lacrimation. Later, corneal neovascularization and scarring of the...
  Merck Manuals
  Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
• Trachoma is the leading infectious cause of ocular morbidity. This disease is a chronic keratoconjunctivitis caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis .
  Medscape
  WebMD, 2019
• Trachoma (truh-KOH-muh) is a bacterial infection that affects your eyes. It's caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. Trachoma is contagious, spreading through contact with the eyes, eyelids, and nose or throat secretions of infected people. It can also be passed on by handling infected items, such as handkerchiefs.
  Mayo Clinic
  Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
• Trachoma is a keratoconjunctivitis caused by ocular infection with Chlamydia trachomatis �(serovars A, B, Ba, and C). Inflammatory episodes in adults tend to be shorter and less severe than in children. Repeated infections lead to recurrent episodes of chronic inflammation that may progress to scarring of the upper tarsal conjunctiva....
  Epocrates
  Athenahealth, Inc., 2019
• Trachoma, chronic inflammatory disease of the eye caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, a bacterium-like microorganism that grows only within tissue cells of the infected host. The conjunctiva becomes thickened and roughened, and deformation may result. Extension of inflammation to the cornea occurs in...
  Encyclopedia Britannica
  Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020