Sammy had been anticipating going to college for what felt like ages. After a few weeks of weeks of studying and weekends spent partying, Sammy soon found her way to the women's health clinic due to pain while urinating. During her appointment, the nurse asked Sammy a bunch of uncomfortable questions, such as, "Have you been sexually active in the last year?" Sammy nervously replied, "Um, yeah."The nurse explained that she would perform a vaginal swab in order to screen for different types of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomonas. She also suggested doing blood work to test for HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B and C.
She explained to Sammy, "Many people who contract STDs have no symptoms at all, and if symptoms such as abnormal discharge or burning during urination do appear, they may not even occur until several weeks after sex with an infected partner. This can lead people who are asymptomatic to spread the STD to other partners without knowing it. It's always a good idea to get tested at least once during the year if you are sexually active. We'll get the results from your blood work and vaginal swab in one to two days, and we'll let you know what our next steps will be for treatment, if necessary. If you do need any treatment, we'll set up a follow-up appointment and get you taken care of."
The next day, Sammy's test results came back from the health clinic and she was officially diagnosed with chlamydia. When she returned to the health clinic, she was given a prescription for an antibiotic treatment of doxycycline. The nurse told her to take one antibiotic pill in the morning and one pill at night for seven days straight. Two days into Sammy's treatment, she started to feel better. She tried to follow the instructions given by the nurse, but things were getting hectic with her schoolwork, so on the third morning she forgot to take a morning pill. The next night, she took two pills to compensate. On the fourth day of her treatment, Sammy forgot to take the antibiotics. Since she had been feeling better anyway, she stopped taking the antibiotic pills altogether.
What infection was Sammy diagnosed with _____. This disease is caused by a _____.