Nowaczyk Piotr, Deptuła Wiesław
Katedra Mikrobiologii i Immunologii Wydziału Nauk Przyrodniczych Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, Szczecin.
Postepy Hig Med Dosw (Online). 2006;60:609-16.
Chlamydophila pneumoniae biotype TWAR is classified in the Chlamydiacea family and used to be considered a cause of pneumonia. Lately it has been also proved that it can cause heart disease and diseases of the blood vessels and also take part in the pathogenesis Alzheimer and multiple sclerosis, which shows that biotype TWAR has expanded its spectrum.
肺炎衣原体TWAR生物型属于衣原体科，过去曾被认为是肺炎的病因。最近也已证实，它可导致心脏病和血管疾病，还参与阿尔茨海默病和多发性硬化症的发病机制，这表明TWAR生物型已扩大了其作用范围。
