[An atypical course of chlamydial infection]

In Burdenko Main Military Clinical Hospital 113 patients with acute lung inflammations were examined. According to the data of serological tests with application of indirect immunofluorescent reaction an antibody titer (Chlamydia Pneumoniae) was disclosed in 9 patients (11% from the whole number of 82 patients). By the authors' opinion bizarre and severe course of Chlamydia Pneumoniae could take place, thus, it is necessary to conduct serological examinations not only during epidemic outbreaks of acute respiratory diseases or pneumonias, but also during single cases of steady and long-term febrile diseases or protracted pulmonary inflammations.