Subclinical pneumonia due to serotypes D-K of Chlamydia trachomatis. Case reports of two infants.
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Pneumonia due to serotypes D-K of Chlamydia trachomatis occurred in a 10-week-old baby, who had been successfully treated with chlortetracycline eye ointment for chlamydial ophthalmia neonatorum, and in a 7-week-old baby being treated for the same condition. Clinical signs of pneumonia were minimal. Such chlamydial pneumonia in infants must be under-diagnosed. Infants with chlamydial ophthalmia neonatorum are now routinely treated with erythromycin suspension by mouth in addition to chlortetracycline eye ointment.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of venereal diseases
دوره 56 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1980