Augenbraun M H, Roblin P M, Chirgwin K, Landman D, Hammerschlag M R
Department of Medicine, State University of New York-Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203.
J Clin Microbiol. 1991 Feb;29(2):401-2. doi: 10.1128/jcm.29.2.401-402.1991.
Chlamydia pneumoniae is being recognized as a common cause of respiratory tract infections. Bronchoalveolar lavage specimens from human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients were examined by culture for this pathogen. Of 50 specimens examined, 5 (10%) were positive for C. pneumoniae. Four of these (80%) were also positive for other pathogens frequently implicated as causes of respiratory disease in this patient population. C. pneumoniae may frequently inhabit the respiratory tracts of human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals.
肺炎衣原体正被视为呼吸道感染的常见病因。对来自人类免疫缺陷病毒感染患者的支气管肺泡灌洗标本进行培养以检测该病原体。在检测的50份标本中，5份（10%）肺炎衣原体呈阳性。其中4份（80%）还对该患者群体中常被认为是呼吸道疾病病因的其他病原体呈阳性。肺炎衣原体可能经常寄居于人类免疫缺陷病毒感染个体的呼吸道中。
