I need to know about chlamydia pneumonae..an. doctors out there who've treated it, or anyone who's had it?
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First let me say that this is all out of my head and from my notes, I am not just copying this from a website. A trained monkey can do that, it takes skill to be able to make sense of it all. Chlamydia pneumoniae is a completely different bacteria from the sexually transmitted Chlamydia trachomatis. They are cousins, but not the same animal, kind of like tigers and lions. If your boyfriend had chlamydia in his penis, he would have had Chlamydia trachomatis as Chlamydia pneumoniae does not grow in the urogenital epithelium, just like if you moved a tiger from India to Africa it would still be a tiger, not a lion. Chlamydia pneumoniae is a mutant of Chlamydia psittaci, a bacteria that humans can only get from parrots and other birds, the mutation being that it can be transmitted from human to human through respiratory droplets, instead of just from birds to humans. Anyway, the way to test for it is through fluorescent antibody staining or complement fixation based serology, something not every hospital can do.
The main problem I see in your presentation is that you are basing this on your symptoms, and the symptoms of Chlamydia pneumoniae are very generic, often called walking pneumonia, and can be caused by dozens of other pathogens, many of which are not sexually transmitted (my microbiology book says "these infections cannot be differentiated from other atypical pneumonias, such as those caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae, legionella pneumophilia and respiratory viruses). That combined with the fact that Chlamydia pneumoniae cannot cause infection in the penis means that most likely your boyfriend did not give you Chlamydia pneumoniae. I'd like to know exactly which antibiotic you've been on, but assuming that it was broad spectrum it probably didn't do anything because your infection is being caused by a virus, which don't respond to antibiotics. If I were you I would just go to the doctor's office, tell them your symptoms, tell them what antibiotics you've been on, and get a diagnosis straight up without trying to tell them what you've got.
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I know some one who had it and the doctor
prescribed an antibiotic
It would be helpful if you 'd describe the symptoms you are experiencing. Chlamydia Pneumoniae doesnot reside in genitalia , however Chlamydia Trachomatis does and can cause symptoms of upper respiratory tract infection which might need prolonged Anitbiotic treatment .
To diagnose this infection nasopharengeal secretions or induced sputum can be sent for Chlamydia Neucleic acid probe by PCR just as in a pelvic infection . Other wise bronchial secretions can be obtained via bronchoscope and sent for the same.
Other infections that can also be transmitted by oral sex are HIV,Syphilis , Ganorrhoea and Herpes to name a few.
You should get your self screened for all of them.
Other common conditions that can cause symptoms of respiratory tract infection are reactive airway disease, allergies, viral infections and GERD.
Your boy friend should also be screened for STDs.
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