title: Self-limiting pneumonia due to Chlamydia pneumoniae.
abstract: A case of self-limiting pneumonia due to Chlamydia pneumoniae is described. A 39-year-old male visited our hospital complaining of a persistent cough. No antibiotics were administered to this patient because of the absence of fever and a mild positive inflammatory response, but an infiltrate on a chest radiograph improved. Finally, a diagnosis of C. pneumoniae pneumonia was made by seroconversion of the C. pneumoniae-specific antibody and detection of the C. pneumoniae gene in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Self-limiting C. pneumoniae pneumonia is rarely encountered, although self-limiting upper respiratory tract infections due to C. pneumoniae are common. Thus, most self-limiting C. pneumoniae pneumonia may be missed when symptoms are minimal.
authors.affiliation: Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Miyashita
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukano
authors.forename: Keiji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mouri
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fukuda
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobashi
authors.forename: Yoshihito
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niki
authors.forename: Mikio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D016993:Chlamydophila pneumoniae / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial