Chlamydophila pneumonia

Precautions

Standard Precautions

Standard Precautions

Susceptibilities

General Susceptibilities

General Information

First Line Treatment

Azithromycin

Pathogen information

Fastidious organism that does not gram stain - an "atypical"

Associated syndromes

Atypical pneumonia
Extrapulmonary Manifestations:
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome
- Meningoencephalitis
- Reactive arthritis
- Myocarditis

Additional Information

Included in the Biofire Respiratory Viral Panel
Difficult to culture