Chlamydia pneumoniae infection

Chlamydia pneumonia infection is an infectious disease caused by Chlamydia pneumoniae. It mainly causes atypical pneumonia in adults and adolescents. It can also cause acute respiratory infections such as bronchitis, pharyngitis and tonsillitis. According to statistics, the cause of pneumonia It is the third major pathogen causing community-acquired pneumonia after pneumococcus and Haemophilus influenzae. The United States reports about 300,000 cases each year, while only about 150 cases of pneumonia caused by Chlamydia psittaci. A similar report was reported in Hong Kong. Among patients with respiratory infections, the positive rate of serum Chlamydia pneumoniae antibodies was 54.8%, the rate of severe infection was 24.8%, the antibody titer was ge; 1: 256, and the positive rate of Chlamydia psittaci antibodies Only 0.9%, and mostly non-recent infections. In addition, it was also found that Chlamydia pneumoniae infection was significantly related to the occurrence of cardiovascular disease and cerebrovascular disease such as coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction and dilated cardiomyopathy.

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