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Chlamydia trachomatis respiratory infection in Dutch infants.
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Archives of disease in childhood
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2009-04-23
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94
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9
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705
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7
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Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common bacterial pathogen causing sexually transmitted infections in Dutch adults. As prenatal screening for C trachomatis and treatment of pregnant women is not routine practice in The Netherlands, perinatal transmission of C trachomatis may therefore occur. The presence of C trachomatis in infants less than 6 months of age who presented with respiratory complaints to the Erasmus MC-Sophia hospital was evaluated. Respiratory specimens, primarily nasopharyngeal swabs, were tested for C trachomatis, respiratory viruses and Mycoplasma pneumoniae using PCR, viral isolation in cell cultures and direct immunofluorescence. C trachomatis respiratory tract infection was confirmed to be relatively common with detection in 10 of 148 (7%) infants tested. C trachomatis had not been tested for by the attending physicians, but was the second most frequently detected respiratory pathogen after human Respiratory Syncitial Virus, which was found in 41 (28%) infants.
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Rours GI, Hammerschlag MR, Van Doornum GJ, Hop WC, de Groot R, Willemse HF, Verbrugh HA, Verkooyen RP. Chlamydia trachomatis respiratory infection in Dutch infants. Arch Dis Child. 2009 Sep;94(9):705-7. doi: 10.1136/adc.2008.152066. Epub 2009 Apr 23. PMID: 19395401.