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Significant rise of Chlamydia pneumoniae diagnoses at Marseille University Hospitals, 2024, France

2024-12-13 infectious diseases Title + abstract only
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We report a 19-fold increase in 2024 of qPCR diagnoses of Chlamydia pneumoniae infections in Marseille, Southern France, with 37 cases versus 10 between 2018-2023. These mostly affected children, and young adults. We obtained four C. pneumoniae genomes, all of serotype ST16, suggesting an epidemic circulation in our geographical area.

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