title: Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia trachomatis in acute lower respiratory infections in Filipino children.
abstract: The role of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia trachomatis in acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) was studied by serologic analysis of 216 Filipino children less than five years old living in periurban slums and middle-class neighborhoods. Diagnostic antibody responses to M. pneumoniae and C. trachomatis were observed in 18 (8.3%) and five (4.3%), respectively, of the cases with ALRI. These bacteria are not susceptible to the antimicrobial treatments currently recommended for the treatment of ALRI in developing countries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saikku
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ruutu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leinonen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kleemola
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paladin
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Tupasi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000367:Age Factors; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000097:blood; D007223:Infant; D009177:Mycoplasma pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology*; D010679:Philippines / Q000453:epidemiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011019:Pneumonia, Mycoplasma / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D011204:Poverty Areas; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M