A study of human respiratory tract chlamydial infections in Cambridgeshire 1986–88
| Autor: | V. J. Robinson, C. E. Barker, R. B. Buttery, J. D. Treharne, J. M. Phipps, T. G. Wreghitt |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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Epidemiology urologic and male genital diseases Psittacosis Psittaciformes Microbiology medicine Animals Humans Chlamydiaceae Chlamydia Child Columbidae Respiratory Tract Infections Aged Chlamydia psittaci biology Incidence Respiratory disease Chlamydia Infections Middle Aged biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Complement fixation test Antibodies Bacterial Virology female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Infectious Diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Chlamydophila psittaci England Immunoglobulin M Immunoglobulin G Chlamydiales Research Article Respiratory tract |
| Zdroj: | Epidemiology and Infection. 104:479-488 |
| ISSN: | 1469-4409 0950-2688 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s0950268800047488 |
| Popis: | SUMMARYHuman respiratory tract chlamydial infections have been studied in Cambridge-shire for many years, but until recently we have been unable to distinguish between infection withChlamydia psittaciOrChlamydia pneumoniae(TWAR). In this study, we have employed the micro-immunofluorescence (micro-IF) test for this purpose and to look for the relative incidence ofC. psittaciandC. pneumoniaeinfections in Cambridgeshire. Among 50 patients with community-acquired respiratory tract symptoms whose serum samples had Chlamydia complement fixation test titres ≥ 64, 25 had evidence of recentC. psittaciorC. pneumoniaeinfection. Nineteen (76%) of the 25 patients had evidence of recentC. psittaciinfection and of these 16 (84%) had recently had contact with birds. Six patients (24%) had evidence of recentC. pneumoniaeinfection, and of these, only two (33% had recently had contact with birds). WhileC. psittaciwas grown from several of the birds associated with humanC. psittaciinfection, it was not cultured from any of the birds in contact with the two humanC. pnemoniaecases. |
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