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INFECTIONS CAUSED BY CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE STRAIN TWAR

1993; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 12; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1097/00006454-199306000-00028

1532-0987

J. Thomas Grayston,

Vibrio bacteria research studies

Chlamli'ldia pneuonwniae (TWAR) is a new species that causes acute infection of the respiratory tract. Pneumonia and bronchitis are the most commonly recognized diseases caused by TWAR infection. While TWAR pneumonia is usually relatively mild, the recovery period may be long. The elderly have the highest incidence of TWAR pneumonia, which may be severe if associated with underlying disease or complications. C. pneunloniae has been associated with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (including coronary artery disease) both by seroepidemiological studies and by demonstration of the organism in atheroma. The prototype isolate of C. pneumoniae, TW183, was obtained from a child's conjunctiva in 1965. The first isolate from acute respiratory disease, designated AR-39, was obtained in 1983. The strain name TWAR came from the labo-