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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*An [[Non-culture growing bacteria|obligate intracellular bacteria]] | |||
*Common cause of community-acquired [[pneumonia]], particularly an [[atypical pneumonia]] | |||
*Most recent studies have shown that <1% of cases of community acquired penumonia are caused by chlamydia pneumoniae | |||
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{{Causes of pneumonia}} | |||
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==Table Overview== | ==Table Overview== | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Microbiology (Main)]] | *[[Microbiology (Main)]] | ||
*[[Chlamydophila]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 10:21, 8 September 2016
Background
- An obligate intracellular bacteria
- Common cause of community-acquired pneumonia, particularly an atypical pneumonia
- Most recent studies have shown that <1% of cases of community acquired penumonia are caused by chlamydia pneumoniae
Differential Diagnosis
Causes of Pneumonia
Bacteria
Viral
- Common
- Influenza
- Respiratory syncytial virus
- Parainfluenza
- Rarer
- Adenovirus
- Metapneumovirus
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
- Middle east respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS)
- 2019-nCoV (COVID-19)
- Cause other diseases, but sometimes cause pneumonia
Fungal
- Histoplasmosis
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Blastomycosis
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP)
- Sporotrichosis
- Cryptococcosis
- Aspergillosis
- Candidiasis
Parasitic
Table Overview
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References