Pathogens
Chlamydophila pneumonia

Chlamydophila pneumonia

Precautions

Standard Precautions

Susceptibilities

General Information

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

  • Atypical pneumonia
  • Guillane-Barre Syndrome
  • Meningoencephalitis
  • Reactive arthritis
  • Myocarditis
  • A PCR is available through the National Microbiological Laboratory. Please call virologist on call at Provincial lab for this test
  • Difficult to culture