Chlamydia pneumoniae and COPD exacerbation

[...]as in previous reports, 2 we found a low degree of correlation between C pneumoniae serology and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) PCR. [...]we found 16/42 (38%) PCR positive patients with stable COPD, whereas they found 0/33 and 9/33 (28%) in stable COPD and during an exacerbation, resp...

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Published inThorax Vol. 57; no. 12; pp. 1087 - 1089
Main Authors Seemungal, T A R, Wedzicha, J A, MacCallum, P K, Johnston, S L, Lambert, P A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society 01.12.2002
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Subjects
Chlamydia
Chlamydia pneumoniae
Chlamydophila Infections - complications
Chlamydophila pneumoniae
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
Forced Expiratory Volume - physiology
Humans
Infections
Letter to the Editor
Patients
Pneumonia, Bacterial - complications
Polymerase Chain Reaction - methods
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - microbiology
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Summary:[...]as in previous reports, 2 we found a low degree of correlation between C pneumoniae serology and peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) PCR. [...]we found 16/42 (38%) PCR positive patients with stable COPD, whereas they found 0/33 and 9/33 (28%) in stable COPD and during an exacerbation, respectively.
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Correspondence to:
 Professor J A Wedzicha, Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, Dominion House, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1A 7BE, UK;
 J.A.Wedzicha@qmul.ac.uk
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ISSN:0040-6376
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DOI:10.1136/thorax.57.12.1087-a