Intrauterine lung infection with Chlamydia trachomatis in a premature infant

Mårdh, Per-Anders
Johansson, Hugo
Svenningsen, N

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Publication date

January 1984

DOI

10.1111/j.1651-2227.1984.tb09975.x

Publisher

Wiley

ISSN

0803-5253

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Abstract

The present study shows the probable intrauterine infection with Chlamydia trachomatis in a premature infant born in the 29th week of gestation. Chlamydiae were isolated from lung tissue collected at sterile autopsy and also demonstrated in sections of such tissue by immunofluorescence tests using monoclonal antibodies