Subclinical pneumonia due to serotypes D-K of Chlamydia trachomatis. Case reports of two infants.
Pneumonia due to serotypes D-K of Chlamydia trachomatis occurred in a 10-week-old baby, who had been successfully treated with chlortetracycline eye ointment for chlamydial ophthalmia neonatorum, and in a 7-week-old baby being treated for the same condition. Clinical signs of pneumonia were minimal. Such chlamydial pneumonia in infants must be under-diagnosed. Infants with chlamydial ophthalmia neonatorum are now routinely treated with erythromycin suspension by mouth in addition to chlortetracycline eye ointment.
D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009878:Ophthalmia Neonatorum / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D010290:Parents; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D012703:Serotyping