Afebrile pneumonia associated with chlamydial infection in infants less than 6 months of age: initial results of a three year prospective study

During the year 1986-1988, 112 infants younger than 6 months of age with the diagnosis of afebrile pneumonia were studied at Chulalongkorn Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. Thirty cases (26.78%) were caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. The clinical and laboratory findings which differed significantly from p...

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Published inSoutheast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health Vol. 20; no. 2; p. 285
Main Authors Limudomporn, S, Prapphal, N, Nanthapisud, P, Chomdej, S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Thailand 01.06.1989
Subjects
Chlamydia Infections - complications
Chlamydia Infections - epidemiology
Chlamydia trachomatis
Female
Humans
Incidence
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Pneumonia - epidemiology
Pneumonia - etiology
Prospective Studies
Thailand - epidemiology
Thailand
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Summary:During the year 1986-1988, 112 infants younger than 6 months of age with the diagnosis of afebrile pneumonia were studied at Chulalongkorn Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. Thirty cases (26.78%) were caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. The clinical and laboratory findings which differed significantly from pneumonia caused by other organisms included longer duration of symptoms (greater than 1 week), younger age of onset (less than 12 weeks), history of conjunctivitis after birth, no wheezing detected, white blood cell count greater than or equal to 10,000 cells/microliters with eosinophilic count greater than or equal to 300 cells/microliters and reticulonodular infiltration on the chest x-ray.
ISSN:0125-1562