Symptoms of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection

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Chlamydia pneumoniae infection is an infectious disease caused by Chlamydia pneumoniae. It mainly causes atypical pneumonia in adults and adolescents. It can also cause acute respiratory tract infections such as bronchitis, pharyngitis and tonsillitis. According to statistics, it is the third major pathogen of community-acquired pneumonia after pneumococcus and Haemophilus influenzae. The positive rate of serum Chlamydia pneumoniae antibody was 54.8% in patients with respiratory infection and 24.8% in patients with severe infection. Symptoms of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection? Let's talk about it

Symptoms of Chlamydia pneumoniae infection

It is the main manifestation, such as pharyngitis, laryngitis, sinusitis, otitis media, bronchitis and pneumonia. Pneumonia is the most common, followed by bronchitis. Pneumonia is more common in the elderly, while bronchitis and upper respiratory tract infection are more common in adolescents under 20 years old. Often with fever, general discomfort, sore throat and hoarseness onset, cough after a few days, at this time the temperature is normal. Can also cause bronchitis, bronchial asthma, the original bronchial asthma patients infected with Chlamydia pneumoniae, can aggravate the condition. In severe cases, the patients may die due to aggravation of primary diseases or complications such as bacterial infection.

A small number of patients showed high fever, headache, relatively slow pulse and hepatosplenomegaly. They were prone to complicated with myocarditis, endocarditis and meningitis. Severe patients had coma and acute renal failure, similar to severe typhoid fever

It can cause iritis, hepatitis, endocarditis, meningitis and erythema nodosum. It is an important reason for secondary infection of AIDS, malignant tumor or leukemia. In recent years, Chlamydia pneumoniae infection is common in COPD. The positive rate of Chlamydia pneumoniae specific antibody in COPD patients was significantly higher than that in healthy people. Especially, more than 4% of acute exacerbations of COPD patients over 50 years old are related to Chlamydia pneumoniae infection.

matters needing attention

1. Rational use of antibiotics, in order to prevent the course of disease, chronic or long-term carrier. 2. Pay attention to collective and personal health, and strengthen the management and supervision of environmental public health.