Microbiologia Medica (Jun 2010)

Chlamydophila pneumoniae serological epidemiology

  • Salvatore Pignanelli,
  • Alisa Shurdhi,
  • Elisabetta Loggi,
  • Francesca Delucca,
  • Pietro Andreone

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2010.2461
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 2

Abstract

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Chlamydophila pneumoniae is an obligate intracellular pathogens, that causes multiple types of respiratory tract infections.The exposure to this pathogen is quite common. C. pneumoniae may cause a persistent infection in multiple organs and may be associated with several chronic inflammatory conditions. The aim of this study is the evaluation of the serological epidemiology of C. pneumoniae infection in four heterogeneus groups of patients.The detection of antibodies anti-C. pneumoniae was conducted using an, in-house, microimmunofluorescence (MIF) test, as indirect diagnostic technique.

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