Asymptomatic respiratory tract infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae TWAR

C L Hyman; M H Augenbraun; P M Roblin; J Schachter; M R Hammerschlag

doi:10.1128/jcm.29.9.2082-2083.1991

Asymptomatic respiratory tract infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae TWAR

J Clin Microbiol. 1991 Sep;29(9):2082-3. doi: 10.1128/jcm.29.9.2082-2083.1991.

Authors

C L Hyman¹, M H Augenbraun, P M Roblin, J Schachter, M R Hammerschlag

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, State University of New York, Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203.

Abstract

Chlamydia pneumoniae is a newly recognized organism associated with respiratory tract infections. Asymptomatic infection with C. pneumoniae, although it has been suggested to occur, has not been previously documented. We describe two asymptomatic individuals infected with this organism; these infections demonstrate that C. pneumoniae is able to establish a subclinical infection.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Antibodies, Bacterial / biosynthesis
Chlamydia Infections / etiology*
Chlamydia Infections / immunology
Chlamydophila pneumoniae* / isolation & purification
Chlamydophila pneumoniae* / pathogenicity
Humans
Laboratories
Occupational Diseases / etiology
Occupational Diseases / immunology
Respiratory Tract Infections / etiology*
Respiratory Tract Infections / immunology

Substances

Antibodies, Bacterial