Chlamydophila pneumoniae
Background
- An obligate intracellular bacteria
- Common cause of community-acquired pneumonia, particularly an atypical pneumonia
- Most recent studies have shown that <1% of cases of community acquired penumonia are caused by chlamydia pneumoniae
Differential Diagnosis
Causes of Pneumonia
Bacteria
- Gram-positive
- Gram-negative
- Haemophilus influenzae
- Klebsiella pneumoniae
- Escherichia coli
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
- Moraxella catarrhalis
- Atypical pneumonia
Viral
- Common
- Influenza
- Respiratory syncytial virus
- Parainfluenza
- Rarer
- Adenovirus
- Metapneumovirus
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
- Middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS)
- 2019-nCoV (COVID-19)
- Cause other diseases, but sometimes cause pneumonia
Table Overview
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References
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