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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 49(1), 1993, pp. 88-92
Copyright © 1993 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia trachomatis in Acute Lower Respiratory Infections in Filipino Children

Pekka Saikku, Petri Ruutu, Maija Leinonen, Marjaana Kleemola, Fem Paladin AND Thelma E. Tupasi
Department of Virology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Second Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland; Research Institute for Tropical Medicine, Alabang, Metro Manila, The Philippines

The role of Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia trachomatis in acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) was studied by serologic analysis of 216 Filipino children less than five years old living in periurban slums and middle-class neighborhoods. Diagnostic antibody responses to M. pneumoniae and C. trachomatis were observed in 18 (8.3%) and five (4.3%), respectively, of the cases with ALRI. These bacteria are not susceptible to the antimicrobial treatments currently recommended for the treatment of ALRI in developing countries.




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