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Severe Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in a patient with mild neutropenia during treatment of Hodgkin’s disease

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Chlamydia pneumoniae is known to cause acute respiratory tract infections in the non-immunocompromised population. So far, no data about the incidence of chlamydial infections in neutropenic patients are available. Macrolide antibiotics are not considered to be first-line treatment options in neutropenic patients. We report the case of a patient with Hodgkin’s disease who developed C. pneumoniae pneumonia during mild neutropenia. C. pneumoniae should be considered as a causative agent of pneumonia in neutropenic patients.

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  1. III. Medizinische Klinik, Department of Hematology/Oncology, Klinikum Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Wiesbadenerstraße 7–11, 68305, Mannheim, Germany

    Margit Hummel, Ralf Hofheinz & Dieter Buchheidt

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Hummel, M., Hofheinz, R. & Buchheidt, D. Severe Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in a patient with mild neutropenia during treatment of Hodgkin’s disease. Ann Hematol 83, 441–443 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-003-0799-6

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