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RAPID DIAGNOSIS OF CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS PNEUMONIA IN INFANTS
Author(s) -
FRIIS B.,
KUO C. C.,
WANG SP.,
MORDHORST C. H.,
GRAYSTON J. T.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica series b: microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0108-0180
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1984.tb02808.x
Subject(s) - chlamydia trachomatis , pneumonia , serotype , direct fluorescent antibody , chlamydia , antibody , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , monoclonal antibody , virology , titer , respiratory tract , stain , immunology , biology , respiratory system , pathology , staining
By utilizing a species specific monoclonal antibody against Chlamydia trachomatis for a direct fluorescent antibody stain, chlamydia organisms were demonstrated in smears of respiratory tract secretions from two infants with pneumonia. C. trachomatis organisms were isolated from tracheo‐nasopharyngeal aspirates of both babies and high titer IgM antibodies found in both against the isolated serotype. None of the three diagnostic methods were positive for C. trachomatis in any of the other 39 infants and children to six years of age with pneumonia studied.