Chlamydia trachomatis - Cause of STDs and Blindness.

Chlamydia Trachomatis is a Gram negative obligate intracellular bacterium , which means it lives with in the human cells and largely responsible for sexually transmitted diseases and eye disease. The bacterium is coccoid or rod shaped.
C.Trachomatis causes prostatitis and epididymitis in men. In women they are responsible for cervicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy and acute or recurring pelvic pain and recurring complications.
Not only is it responsible for these diseases but C.Trachomatis is the single most potent bacterial infection of the eye which is associated with blindness, in the form of  bacterial conjuctivitis.
Chlamydia Trachomatis can be effectively treated with antibiotics such as azithromycin, erythromycin or doxycycline/tetracycline.