Bartolomé C, Mata M, Bernárdez I
Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, España.
Microbiologia. 1996 Mar;12(1):51-4.
The incidence of Chlamydia pneumoniae as a cause of respiratory tract infection was evaluated in a one-year prospective study in 142 patients with community-acquired pneumonia. An indirect immunofluorescence method which detects antibodies in acute and convalescent serum samples was used. Serological evidence of current infection was a four-fold rise in IgG antibody titer or a positive IgM fraction. C. pneumoniae was the causative pathogen in nine patients. This result is similar to those obtained in other studies and suggests that C. pneumoniae is a common etiological agent of community-acquired pneumonia in the studied area.
在一项针对142例社区获得性肺炎患者的为期一年的前瞻性研究中，评估了肺炎衣原体作为呼吸道感染病因的发生率。采用间接免疫荧光法检测急性和恢复期血清样本中的抗体。当前感染的血清学证据为IgG抗体滴度升高四倍或IgM部分呈阳性。9例患者中肺炎衣原体为致病病原体。该结果与其他研究所得结果相似，提示肺炎衣原体是研究地区社区获得性肺炎的常见病原体。
