[Chlamydophila pneumoniae biotype TWAR: selected details].
Chlamydophila pneumoniae biotype TWAR is classified in the Chlamydiacea family and used to be considered a cause of pneumonia. Lately it has been also proved that it can cause heart disease and diseases of the blood vessels and also take part in the pathogenesis Alzheimer and multiple sclerosis, which shows that biotype TWAR has expanded its spectrum.
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Katedra Mikrobiologii i Immunologii Wydziału Nauk Przyrodniczych Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, Szczecin. kurp13@sus.univ.szczecin.pl
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D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000382:microbiology*; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D016993:Chlamydophila pneumoniae / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000382:microbiology*; D013045:Species Specificity