Afebrile pneumonia associated with chlamydial infection in infants less than 6 months of age: initial results of a three year prospective study.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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1989 Jun; 20(2): 285-90
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-32057
ABSTRACT
During the year 1986-1988, 112 infants younger than 6 months of age with the diagnosis of afebrile pneumonia were studied at Chulalongkorn Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand. Thirty cases (26.78%) were caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. The clinical and laboratory findings which differed significantly from pneumonia caused by other organisms included longer duration of symptoms (greater than 1 week), younger age of onset (less than 12 weeks), history of conjunctivitis after birth, no wheezing detected, white blood cell count greater than or equal to 10,000 cells/microliters with eosinophilic count greater than or equal to 300 cells/microliters and reticulonodular infiltration on the chest x-ray.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Pneumonia
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Thailand
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Infant, Newborn
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Chlamydia Infections
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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Incidence
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Prospective Studies
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Year:
1989
Type:
Article
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