title: Severe community-acquired pneumonia with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to primary infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae in a previously healthy adult.
abstract: Community-acquired pneumonia due to Chlamydia pneumoniae is associated with a benign clinical course. Severe, life-threatening pneumonia is rare and occurs only in immunocompromised hosts. We report a case of severe pneumonia complicated by acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to primary infection with C. pneumoniae in a previously healthy 46-year-old woman.
authors.affiliation: Ninth Pulmonary Clinic, General Thoracic Hospital Sotiria, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Evangelos
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Balis
authors.forename: Anastasios
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boufas
authors.forename: Irineos
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Iliopoulos
authors.forename: Nicholaos J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Legakis
authors.forename: Loukia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zerva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000150:complications*; D016993:Chlamydophila pneumoniae; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology