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Case. A 27-year-old male patient presented with acute epididymitis secondary to acute Chlamydia infection that progressed to multisystem inflammatory failure with respiratory failure requiring endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation, cardiogenic shock with heart failure, and gastrointestinal and renal dysfunction. He tested negative for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) by reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction on a nasopharyngeal swab thrice within 4 days of presentation, but positive for SARS-CoV-2 immunoglobulin G antibody signifying remote infection. The patient was treated with tocilizumab and steroids, along with doxycycline for concurrent Chlamydia infection, resulting in dramatic improvement in all organ function. We suspect that C. trachomatis infection in this instance may have triggered an aberrant immune response that was shaped by prior exposure to SARS-CoV-2. Conclusion. We present a case of an adult patient with acute Chlamydia trachomatis infection occurring in the wake of asymptomatic (or at least unrecognized) COVID-19 resulting in MIS-A. Clinicians should be alert to the possibility of other such unusual reactions occurring in the aftermath of COVID-19. 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