Chlamydia pneumoniae pneumonia with pleural effusion: diagnosis by culture

M H Augenbraun; P M Roblin; L J Mandel; M R Hammerschlag; J Schachter

doi:10.1016/0002-9343(91)90165-t

Chlamydia pneumoniae pneumonia with pleural effusion: diagnosis by culture

Am J Med. 1991 Oct;91(4):437-8. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(91)90165-t.

Authors

M H Augenbraun¹, P M Roblin, L J Mandel, M R Hammerschlag, J Schachter

Affiliation

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

PMID: 1951390
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(91)90165-t

Abstract

A case of Chlamydia pneumoniae pneumonia with pleural effusion in an otherwise healthy 19-year-old man is described. Diagnosis was made by serologic means as well as by culture of both the nasopharynx and the pleural fluid.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Chlamydia Infections / complications*
Chlamydia Infections / drug therapy
Chlamydia Infections / microbiology
Chlamydophila pneumoniae*
Erythromycin / administration & dosage
Erythromycin / therapeutic use
Fluorescent Antibody Technique
Humans
Infusions, Intravenous
Male
Nasopharynx / microbiology
Pleural Effusion / diagnostic imaging*
Pleural Effusion / etiology
Pneumonia / complications*
Pneumonia / drug therapy
Pneumonia / microbiology
Radiography

Substances

Erythromycin