Could urine be useful for the diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis pneumonia in infancy?
A 9-week-old infant presented with respiratory distress. The presumptive diagnosis of Chlamydia trachomatis pneumonia was ultimately made in a novel manner by a positive nucleic acid amplification test on a urine sample.
Department of Pediatrics and Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Electronic address: jr3@ualberta.ca.
Joan L
JL
Robinson
Department of Pediatrics and Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Kay
K
Meier
Department of Pediatrics and Stollery Children's Hospital, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Bonita E
BE
Lee
Provincial Laboratory for Public Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Bryce
B
Larke
D002690:Chlamydia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002692:Chlamydia trachomatis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D021141:Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques / Q000379:methods; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D014556:Urine / Q000382:microbiology*
D004269:DNA, Bacterial
Chlamydia trachomatis; Nucleic acid amplification testing; Pneumonia