Progress of Chlamydia trachomatis in children with respiratory tract infections
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4408.2023.08.003
- VernacularTitle:儿童呼吸道沙眼衣原体感染的研究进展
- Author:
Zhen ZHANG
1
;
Yuqing WANG
Author Information
1. 苏州大学附属儿童医院呼吸科 215000
- Keywords:
Children;
Chlamydia trachomatis;
Respiratory tract infections;
Atypical pathogens
- From:
International Journal of Pediatrics
2023;50(8):512-515
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the atypical pathogens, also a strict intracellular parasite with unique developmental cycle of prokaryotic microorganisms, resulting in infantile respiratory infections and conjunctivitis.Chlamydia trachomatis is associated with respiratory diseases such as chronic cough and bronchial asthma in children.Children infected with Chlamydia trachomatis generally have a good prognosis after treatment.At present, important progress has been made in the development of Chlamydia trachomatis vaccine.This article reviews the progress in etiology, epidemiology, clinical features, laboratory inspection, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Chlamydia trachomatis, providing a new direction for clinical recognition and effective treatment of Chlamydia trachomatis infection.
