Severe community-acquired pneumonia, shock and multiorgan dysfunction syndrome caused by Chlamydia pneumoniae |
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| Authors: | P. E. MARIK,& J. IGLESIAS |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Critical Care Medicine, St Vincent Hospital and the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA |
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| Abstract: | Chlamydia pneumoniae has been increasingly recognized as an important aetiological agent in community-acquired pneumonia. A case of severe community-acquired pneumonia and multifunction dysfunction syndrome resulting from Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in a previously healthy adult is presented. |
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| Keywords: | ARDS Chlamydia pneumoniae coma DIC multiorgan dysfunction renal failure shock |
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