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Chlamydia Obligate intracellular (like viruses) Grow on tissue culture Giemsa staining → basophilic intracytoplasmic inclusions Treatment: Macrolides or Tetracyclines In sexual transmitted Chlamydia →both partners must be treated

Mycoplasma Lacks a peptidoglycan cell wall → intrinsic resistance to β-lactam antibiotics. Containing sterols in its cytoplasmic membrane. Specialized agar → characteristic “fried-egg” colonies. Types: - Mycoplasma pneumoniae: Atypical pneumonia - Mycoplasma genitalium / hominis: related to genital infections Treatment: - Macrolides (Azithromycin, Erythromycin). - Tetracyclines (Doxycycline).