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Chlamydial Pharyngitis
- Anthony L. Komaroff, MD;
- William T. Branch, Jr., MD;
- Mark D. Aronson, MD; and
- Julius Schachter, PhD
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA 02115 - Beth Israel Hospital
Boston, MA 02215 - San Francisco General Hospital
San Francisco, CA 94103
Excerpt
To the Editor: In 1983 we reported serologic evidence indicating that chlamydial infection might be a reasonably common cause of pharyngitis (1). Some subsequent reports have supported this suggestion, whereas others have not. The recent report by Huovinen and colleagues (2) helps to clarify matters.
There are two relevant questions: Is chlamydial infection a cause of pharyngitis, and, if so, which chlamydial species cause pharyngitis? There is little evidence suggesting that conventional strains of Chlamydia psittaci are common causes of pharyngitis. As for C. trachomatis, a common cause of genital and respiratory infections in newborns, there have been many cases
