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Chlamydia
Research on chlamydia detailed by C.R. Phares and co-authors
April 17th, 2008
According to a study from the United States, "Legionella species, Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and Chlamydia pneumoniae are recognized as important causes of pneumonia in high-income countries, but their significance in middle-income countries, such as Thailand, is unknown. based surveillance identified inpatient 3489 cases of clinically-defined pneumonia in a rural Thai province for 1 year." "Patients who had a chest radiograph performed (for 2059 cases of pneumonia) were enrolled in an etiology study (which included 755 cases of pneumonia among 738 patients). Paired serum, nasopharyngeal swab, and urine specimens were obtained for diagnostic immunologic and molecular tests....
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-04-17)
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