Chlamydial pneumonia: a creepy neonatal disease

Hon, Kam Lun; Leung, Alexander K.C.

Chlamydial pneumonia: a creepy neonatal disease

dc.contributor.author	Hon, Kam Lun	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Leung, Alexander K.C.	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2014-12-01T23:43:37Z
dc.date.available	2014-12-01T23:43:37Z
dc.date.issued	2013-01-16
dc.description.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.	en_US
dc.description.refereed	Yes	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Funding provided by the Open Access Authors Fund.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Article deposited according to Hindawi Publishing Corporation policy in SHERPA/RoMEO, December 2, 2014.	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Kam Lun Hon and Alexander K. C. Leung, “Chlamydial Pneumonitis: A Creepy Neonatal Disease,” Case Reports in Pediatrics, vol. 2013, Article ID 549649, 3 pages, 2013. doi:10.1155/2013/549649	en_US
dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/33522
dc.identifier.issn	2090-6803
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1880/50269
dc.language.iso	eng	en_US
dc.publisher	Hindawi Publishing Corporation	en_US
dc.publisher.corporate	University of Calgary	en_US
dc.publisher.faculty	Medicine	en_US
dc.publisher.url	http://www.hindawi.com/	en_US
dc.title	Chlamydial pneumonia: a creepy neonatal disease	en_US
dc.type	journal article
thesis.degree.discipline	Paediatrics	en_US