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Subclinical pneumonia due to serotypes D-K of Chlamydia trachomatis. Case reports of two infants.
  1. E M Dunlop,
  2. R J Harris,
  3. S Darougar,
  4. J D Treharne,
  5. S S Al-Egaily

    Abstract

    Pneumonia due to serotypes D-K of Chlamydia trachomatis occurred in a 10-week-old baby, who had been successfully treated with chlortetracycline eye ointment for chlamydial ophthalmia neonatorum, and in a 7-week-old baby being treated for the same condition. Clinical signs of pneumonia were minimal. Such chlamydial pneumonia in infants must be under-diagnosed. Infants with chlamydial ophthalmia neonatorum are now routinely treated with erythromycin suspension by mouth in addition to chlortetracycline eye ointment.

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