Chlamydia pneumoniae

The bacteria Chlamydia pneumoniae.is the cause of this disease. The disease is transmitted from person to person by respiratory secretions. Reinfection throughout life appears to be common. C. pneumoniae infection may be associated with atherosclerotic vascular disease. Associations with Alzheimer’s disease, asthma, and reactive arthritis have been proposed.

Manifestations: Pneumonia or bronchitis, gradual onset of cough with little or no fever.

Diagnose and treatment: Diagnose is based on bloodtest . Treatment with antibiotics is available.

Vaccine: Not available

Prevention: There are no known methods to prevent infection or possible sequelae

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Chlamydiapneumoniae Resource:

Amoebic hepatitis as a precursor of suppurative amoebic liver abscess.
Bhusnurmath SR, Gill NJ, Ganguly NK, Mahajan RC, Dilawari JB.
Indian J Med Res. 1988 Jan;87:67-72. No abstract available.
Antigens of Entamoeba histolytica recognized by immune sera from liver abscess patients.
Joyce MP, Ravdin JI.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1988 Jan;38(1):74-80
[Echography of focal hepatic regeneration].
del Rosario Rada Y, Carrillo N.
G E N. 1988 Jan-Mar;42(1):22-8. Spanish. No abstract available.
Serum alpha-foetoprotein levels in amoebic hepatic abscess.
Kew MC.
Trop Gastroenterol. 1988 Jan-Mar;9(1):23-5. No abstract available.
Pathology of inflammatory bowel disease in colorectal mucosal biopsies.
Malatjalian DA.
Dig Dis Sci. 1987 Dec;32(12 Suppl):5S-15S
Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in Delhi.
Baveja UK, Kaur M.
J Commun Dis. 1987 Dec;19(4):362-7. No abstract available.
Amebic liver abscess without obvious risk factors.
Patel A, Reddy SA, Steinheber FU, Khurana B.
N Y State J Med. 1987 Dec;87(12):662-3. No abstract available.
[A new form of parasitic keratitis: Acanthamoeba keratitis].
Hoang-Xuan T, Dhermy P, Fayet B, Goichot-Bonnat L, Pouliquen Y.
Bull Soc Ophtalmol Fr. 1987 Dec;87(12):1369-70, 1372. French. No abstract available.
Amoebic pericardial effusion.
Singh S, Singh AB, Didwania SK, Singh HN.
J Assoc Physicians India. 1987 Dec;35(12):859-61. No abstract available. Erratum in: J Assoc Physicians India 1988 Jul;36(7):448.
Acanthamoeba keratitis. A growing problem in soft and hard contact lens wearers.
Moore MB, McCulley JP, Newton C, Cobo LM, Foulks GN, O'Day DM, Johns KJ, Driebe WT, Wilson LA, Epstein RJ, et al.
Ophthalmology. 1987 Dec;94(12):1654-61
Medical treatment of hepatic amebic abscess: rare need for percutaneous drainage.
Ralls PW, Barnes PF, Johnson MB, De Cock KM, Radin DR, Halls J.
Radiology. 1987 Dec;165(3):805-7
Amebic liver abscess: MR imaging.
Ralls PW, Henley DS, Colletti PM, Benson R, Raval JK, Radin DR, Boswell WD Jr, Halls JM.
Radiology. 1987 Dec;165(3):801-4
Trials of furazol and some other drugs in intestinal amoebiasis.
Khalil HM, Fawzy AF, Sarwat MA.
J Egypt Soc Parasitol. 1987 Dec;17(2):417-25. No abstract available.
Isoenzyme patterns of Entamoeba histolytica isolated from homosexual men.
Weinke T, Friedrich-Jänicke B, Lichy S, Janitschke K.
Trop Med Parasitol. 1987 Dec;38(4):337-8
Immunoprotective behaviour of plasma-membrane-associated antigens of axenic Entamoeba histolytica.
Vinayak VK, Purnima, Saxena A.
J Med Microbiol. 1987 Dec;24(4):297-302
Amebic liver abscess: diagnosis and treatment evaluation with MR imaging.
Elizondo G, Weissleder R, Stark DD, Todd LE, Compton C, Wittenberg J, Ferrucci JT Jr.
Radiology. 1987 Dec;165(3):795-800
A longitudinal study of asymptomatic carriers of pathogenic zymodemes of Entamoeba histolytica.
Gathiram V, Jackson TF.
S Afr Med J. 1987 Nov 21;72(10):669-72
Entamoeba histolytica cyst passers--to treat or not to treat?
Jackson TF.
S Afr Med J. 1987 Nov 21;72(10):657-8. No abstract available.
Amoebic colitis--an often misdiagnosed disease.
Lakhani S, Jones PW.
Practitioner. 1987 Nov 9;231(1438):1431-2. No abstract available.
Silent amebic liver abscess.
Schattner A, Hai E, Bentwich Z.
Arch Intern Med. 1987 Nov;147(11):2054, 2056. No abstract available.
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