Chlamydial Pneumonitis : A Creepy Neonatal Disease

Abstract EN

We present a case of neonatal chlamydial pneumonitis to illustrate that a high index of suspicion is necessary to make the diagnosis so that treatment can be promptly instituted.

The child was afebrile and the only symptom was a cough.

The respiratory equations are calculated to understand the respiratory physiology.

There was no overt abnormality with ventilation, oxygenation, compliance, resistance, or ventilation-perfusion mismatch despite radiographic abnormality.

The literature is searched to review if treatment with a systemic macrolide antibiotic is needed in an otherwise asymptomatic neonate with chlamydial pneumonitis.