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J Clin Microbiol. 1991 February; 29(2): 401-402

Isolation of Chlamydia pneumoniae from the lungs of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.

Department of Medicine, State University of New York-Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203.

ABSTRACT

Chlamydia pneumoniae is being recognized as a common cause of respiratory tract infections. Bronchoalveolar lavage specimens from human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients were examined by culture for this pathogen. Of 50 specimens examined, 5 (10%) were positive for C. pneumoniae. Four of these (80%) were also positive for other pathogens frequently implicated as causes of respiratory disease in this patient population. C. pneumoniae may frequently inhabit the respiratory tracts of human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals.

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