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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
2
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1979-7-28
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pubmed:abstractText |
Respiratory tract colonization with Chlamydia trachomatis commonly occurs in natally acquired chlamydial infection and is sometimes associated with a chronic, afebrile pneumonia that has relatively distinctive clinical characteristics. To further define the frequency and clinical characteristics of lower respiratory tract disease associated with C trachomatis, we grouped 56 infants aged less than 6 months with afebrile pneumonia according to nasopharyngeal shedding of Chlamydia and viruses and compared their illnesses. Forty-one (73%) were positive for C trachomatis (23 had C trachomatis only, while 18 had C trachomatis plus a virus [cytomegalovirus, respiratory synctial virus, adenovirus, rhinovirus, or enterovirus]), and 15 were C trachomatis negative (nine had a virus only, and six had neither C trachomatis nor virus). The 41 infants with C trachomatis alone or C trachomatis plus a virus were similar clinically and differed significantly from other infants in several ways: (1) onset of symptoms before 8 weeks of age; (2) gradually worsening symptoms; (3) presentation for care at 4 to 11 weeks of age; (4) presence of conjunctivitis and ear abnormalities; (5) chest roentgenograms showing bilateral, symmetrical, interstitial infiltrates and hyperexpansion; (6) peripheral blood eosinophils greater than or equal to 300/cu mm; and (7) elevated values for serum immunoglobulins M, G, and A. Pediatrics 63:192--197, 1979, Chlamydia trachomatis, pneumonia, afebrile pneumonia, interstitial pneumonia.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Feb
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pubmed:issn |
0031-4005
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
63
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
192-7
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:440806-Chlamydia trachomatis,
pubmed-meshheading:440806-Chlamydiaceae Infections,
pubmed-meshheading:440806-Conjunctivitis, Inclusion,
pubmed-meshheading:440806-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:440806-Immunoglobulin A,
pubmed-meshheading:440806-Immunoglobulin G,
pubmed-meshheading:440806-Immunoglobulin M,
pubmed-meshheading:440806-Infant,
pubmed-meshheading:440806-Infant, Newborn,
pubmed-meshheading:440806-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:440806-Nasopharynx,
pubmed-meshheading:440806-Pulmonary Fibrosis
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pubmed:year |
1979
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Clinical characteristics of the afebrile pneumonia associated with Chlamydia trachomatis infection in infants less than 6 months of age.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Case Reports
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