1990 Volume 64 Issue 9 Pages 1177-1183
A neonatal pneumonia caused by Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) is well-known. But it is uncertain whether C. trachomatis causes penumonia in a patient over 1 year of age. Therefore, a search for serologic and cultural evidence of C. trachomatis infection in patients sufferring from acute pneumia over 1 year of age was made. We studied 183 children ages 1 to 5 year-old suffering from acute pneumonia admitted to Kousei General Hospital to assess the relation between acute pneumonia and C. trachomatis. We investigated the serologic evidence of acute C. trachomatis infections in 73 children with a persistant cough and wheezing, detecting specific IgG antibodies and IgM antibodies by microimmunofluorescence test. Selorogic results signifying acute infection were observed in 4 cases (2.2%). Then we tried to isolate C. trachomatis from the cultures of nazopharyngeal swabs, specific inclusion bodies of C. trachomatis in 2 cases (1.1%) were found.
A neonatal pneumonia caused by Chlamydia trachomatis (C. trachomatis) is well-known. But it is uncertain whether C. trachomatis causes penumonia in a patient over 1 year of age. Therefore, a searchfor serologic and cultural evidence of C. trachomatis infection in patients sufferring from acute pneumia over 1 year of age was made. We studied 183 children ages 1 to 5 year-old suffering from acute pneumonia admitted to Kousei General Hospital to assess the relation between acute pneumonia and C. trachomatis. We investigated the serologic evidence of acute C. trachomatis infections in 73 children with a persistant cough and wheezing, detecting specific IgG antibodies and IgM antibodies by microimmunofluorescence test. Selorogic results signifying acute infection were observed in 4 cases (2.2%). Then we tried to isolate C. trachomatis from the cultures of nazopharyngeal swabs, specific inclusion bodies of C. trachomatis in 2 cases (1.1%) were found.
