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. 1980 Oct;56(5):337–340. doi: 10.1136/sti.56.5.337

Subclinical pneumonia due to serotypes D-K of Chlamydia trachomatis. Case reports of two infants.

E M Dunlop, R J Harris, S Darougar, J D Treharne, S S Al-Egaily
PMCID: PMC1045820  PMID: 7427706

Abstract

Pneumonia due to serotypes D-K of Chlamydia trachomatis occurred in a 10-week-old baby, who had been successfully treated with chlortetracycline eye ointment for chlamydial ophthalmia neonatorum, and in a 7-week-old baby being treated for the same condition. Clinical signs of pneumonia were minimal. Such chlamydial pneumonia in infants must be under-diagnosed. Infants with chlamydial ophthalmia neonatorum are now routinely treated with erythromycin suspension by mouth in addition to chlortetracycline eye ointment.

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