Diagnostic Tests for Chlamydia pneumoniae
Chlamydia pneumoniae Tests: Book Excerpts
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Chlamydia pneumoniae Diagnosis: Book Excerpts
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Pneumonia Variants:
Diagnostic Approach
(Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
Although the current consensus recommendations call for the use of broad spectrum empiric antibiotics without determining the cause of the pneumonia, clinical findings combined with low-tech bedside diagnostics, such as sputum Gram stain, can be surprisingly informative. As an example, in smokers with chronic bronchitis consider H. influenzae, S. pneumoniae, and
B. catarrhalis.
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Source: Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis, 2007
Community-acquired Pneumonia:
Basic Diagnostic Approach
(Pediatric Infectious Disease)
The proportion of children with pneumonia who are diagnosed with a specific
etiology is low. Unlike adults, children usually do not produce adequate sputum
specimens for Gram stain and culture. Blood cultures have a yield of less than
10% in patients with bacterial pneumonia.
“Lung puncture” studies that are conducted in developing countries are obviously not met with
enthusiasm in general pediatric practices. Prospective studies that have
employed sensitive antibody tests and polymerase chain reaction techniques have
suggested that in up to 20% of pediatric community-acquired pneumonias, the
infection is
“mixed” (i.e., both
S. pneumoniae and M. pneumoniae or C. pneumoniae); in these cases, the primary pathogen is not clear. Authors of these studies
have also suggested that mixed infection with bacteria and respiratory viruses
is likely to be common as
well.
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Source: Pediatric Infectious Disease, 2004
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