Chlamydia trachomatis infection influences the clinical course of acute bronchiolitis
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2018
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Sage Publications Inc
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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Özet
The frequency of Chlamydia trachomatis infection among young infants admitted with acute bronchiolitis was analysed to determine whether the former affects the clinical course of the latter. A total of 92 infants aged <6 months admitted with acute bronchiolitis were tested for C. trachomatis by a cell culture technique, obtaining nasal smears from each infant's nostrils. A second nasal sampling was taken for respiratory viruses from the study group and tested with real-time polymerase chain reaction. Clinical characteristics of C. trachomatis-positive and -negative cases were compared. C. trachomatis was detected in 22.8% of the infants, mostly as coinfection with respiratory viral agents. Infection with C. trachomatis affected the clinical outcome in acute bronchiolitis and such infants tended to have severe bronchiolitis.
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Chlamydia trachomatis, infant, acute bronchiolitis, respiratory viruses, clinical outcome
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Tropical Doctor
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Q4
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Q4
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48
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3
