title: [Chlamydia trachomatis pneumonia: two atypical case reports].
abstract: We report on 2 recent and misleading cases of infants hospitalized for Chlamydia trachomatis pneumonia: the first one, 29 days old, had a clinically relevant presentation but was born by caesarean section; the second one, 43 days old, presented with acute respiratory distress. Microbiological diagnosis was achieved by the specific detection of C. trachomatis by molecular biology from a nasopharyngeal sample. These 2 clinical cases illustrate the need to systematically look for C. trachomatis during bacterial-like pneumonia in infants under 3 months of age.
authors.affiliation: Unité de médecine infantile et de pneumologie pédiatrique, CHU Timone-Enfants, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bellulo
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bosdure
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: David
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rolain
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gorincour
authors.forename: J-C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Dubus
mesh_terms: D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis; D061387:Chlamydial Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male