Self-limiting Pneumonia Due to Chlamydia pneumoniae

  • MIYASHITA Naoyuki
    Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki
  • FUKANO Hiroshi
    Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki
  • MOURI Keiji
    Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki
  • FUKUDA Minoru
    Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki
  • YOSHIDA Koichiro
    Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki
  • KOBASHI Yoshihiro
    Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki
  • NIKI Yoshihito
    Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki
  • OKA Mikio
    Division of Respiratory Diseases, Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki

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A case of self-limiting pneumonia due to Chlamydia pneumoniae is described. A 39-year-old male visited our hospital complaining of a persistent cough. No antibiotics were administered to this patient because of the absence of fever and a mild positive inflammatory response, but an infiltrate on a chest radiograph improved. Finally, a diagnosis of C. pneumoniae pneumonia was made by seroconversion of the C. pneumoniae-specific antibody and detection of the C. pneumoniae gene in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Self-limiting C. pneumoniae pneumonia is rarely encountered, although self-limiting upper respiratory tract infections due to C. pneumoniae are common. Thus, most self-limiting C. pneumoniae pneumonia may be missed when symptoms are minimal.

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  • Internal Medicine

    Internal Medicine 44 (8), 870-874, 2005

    一般社団法人 日本内科学会

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