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SkipdirectlytositecontentSkipdirectlytopageoptionsSkipdirectlytoA-ZlinkChlamydiapneumoniaeInfectionSectionNavigationCDCHomeFacebookTwitterLinkedInSyndicateTreatmentMinusRelatedPagesIllnesscausedbyChlamydiapneumoniaeisusuallyself-limitingandpatientsmaynotseekcare.Clinicianscantreatthediseaseonacase-by-casebasiswith:Macrolides(azithromycin)—first-linetherapyTetracyclines(tetracyclineanddoxycycline)FluoroquionolonesNote:Cliniciansshouldnotprescribetetracyclinesforyoungchildrenundernormalcircumstances.C.pneumoniae showsinvitroresistancetothefollowingantibiotics,whicharenotrecommendedfortreatment:PenicillinAmpicillinSulfadrugsSymptomsof C.pneumoniae infectioncanreappearafterashortorconventionalcourseofantibiotics.Persistentinfectionaftertreatmenthasbeendemonstratedbyrecoveryofviablebacteria;therefore,asecondarycourseoftreatmentmayberecommended.Community-AcquiredPneumonia(CAP)TreatmentGuidelinesIDSAandATSConsensusGuidelinesontheManagementofCommunity-AcquiredPneumoniainAdults,2007pdficon[46pages]externaliconPIDSandIDSAClinicalPracticeGuidelinesontheManagementofCommunity-AcquiredPneumoniainInfantsandChildrenOlderThan3MonthsofAge,2011pdficon[52pages]externaliconReferencesBeattyW,MorrisonR,ByrneG.Persistentchlamydiae:Fromcellculturetoaparadigmforchlamydialpathogenesis.MicrobiolRev.1994;58:686–99.BlasiF,TarsiaP,AlibertiS. Chlamydophilapneumoniae. ClinMicrobiolInfect.2009;15:29–35.BurilloA,BouzaE. Chlamydophilapneumoniae. InfectDisClinNAm.2010;24:61–71.CunhaBA.Theatypicalpneumonias:Clinicaldiagnosisandimportance. ClinMicrobioInfect.2006;12:12–24.Pagelastreviewed:January10,2019Contentsource:NationalCenterforImmunizationandRespiratoryDiseases,DivisionofBacterialDiseaseshomeChlamydiapneumoniaeInfectionHomeAbouttheDiseaseexpandCauses,HowItSpreads,&PeopleatIncreasedRiskSigns&SymptomsDiagnosis,Treatment,&ComplicationsPreventionHistory&DiseasePatternsFastFactsForClinicians&LaboratoriansexpandDiseaseSpecificsClinicalFeatures&ComplicationsTreatmentDiagnosticMethodsSpecimenSubmissionforD


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