Incidence of lower respiratory tract infections caused by mycoplasma, chlamydia and legionella: An Italian multicenter survey
| Autor: | Gian Carlo Schito, Giovanni Russo, R.L. Grillo, G. Grazi, Stefania Stefani, Giuseppe Satta, B. Dainelli, G. Càtamo |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1994 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Legionella 030106 microbiology Chlamydia lower respiratory tract infections Mycoplasma Oncology Pharmacology Pharmacology (medical) Infectious Diseases Biology medicine.disease_cause Haemophilus influenzae 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine Streptococcus pneumoniae Pneumonia Mycoplasma medicine Humans Respiratory Tract Infections Respiratory tract infections Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence Respiratory disease Chlamydia Infections Chlamydophila pneumoniae medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Italy 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Immunology Legionnaires' Disease |
| Zdroj: | Europe PubMed Central |
| Popis: | SummaryA collaborative retrospective study based on serologic diagnosis was conducted to assess the etiological role sustained by privileged pathogens in Italy. The results obtained indicate that Mycoplasma, Chlamydia and Legionella are important etiologic agents of lower respiratory tract infections in Italy since they account for about 31% of the cases taken into consideration in this survey. We found a high incidence of M. pneumoniae (12.3%), C. pneumoniae (10.5%) and L. pneumophila (8.3%). These results are in line with similar figures reported in the recent literature. While the data gathered in our survey do not allow us to clarify the nature of the agents involved in the etiology of the majority (70%) of the respiratory infections occurring in Italy, it seems safe to assume that after Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae, the privileged pathogens represent the most common cause of lower respiratory tract infections. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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