title: Severe community-acquired pneumonia, shock and multiorgan dysfunction syndrome caused by Chlamydia pneumoniae.
abstract: Chlamydia pneumoniae has been increasingly recognized as an important aetiological agent in community-acquired pneumonia. A case of severe community-acquired pneumonia and multifunction dysfunction syndrome resulting from Chlamydia pneunoniae infection in a previously healthy adult is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Critical Care Medicine, St Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA, USA.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Marik
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Iglesias
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016993:Chlamydophila pneumoniae; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000382:microbiology*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents