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Chlamydial pneumonitis: a creepy neonatal disease
Kam Lun Hon1, Alexander K C Leung
1Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.
Abstract:
We present a case of neonatal chlamydial pneumonitis to illustrate that a high index of suspicion is necessary to make the diagnosis so that treatment can be promptly instituted. The child was afebrile and the only symptom was a cough. The respiratory equations are calculated to understand the respiratory physiology. There was no overt abnormality with ventilation, oxygenation, compliance, resistance, or ventilation-perfusion mismatch despite radiographic abnormality. The literature is searched to review if treatment with a systemic macrolide antibiotic is needed in an otherwise asymptomatic neonate with chlamydial pneumonitis.
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