title: Chlamydia pneumoniae in Swedish patients.
abstract: Chlamydia pneumoniae infections have earlier been described as mycoplasma-like illnesses in young people, and also appear to be associated with community-acquired pneumonia in adults. In this retrospective study, 12.2% (23/188) of patients with pneumonia who required hospitalization during the 3 years 1985-87 had serological evidence of recent C. pneumoniae infection. Many of these patients had symptoms similar to ornithosis. The most interesting finding was that half of the patients with a 4-fold IgG antibody titre rise to C. pneumoniae also had an increased alkaline phosphatase concentration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Gävle Central Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sundelöf
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gnarpe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gnarpe
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Grillner
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Darougar
mesh_terms: D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000201:enzymology / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D016993:Chlamydophila pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000201:enzymology / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase