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EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 168-172Publisher
CENTER DISEASE CONTROL
DOI: 10.3201/eid1401.070980
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Using ameba coculture, we grew a Naegleria endosymbiont. Phenotypic, genetic, and phylogenetic analyses supported its affiliation as Protochlamydia naegleriophila sp. nov. We then developed a specific diagnostic PCR for Protochlamydia spp. When applied to bronchoalveolar lavages, results of this PCR were positive for 1 patient with pneumonia. Further studies are needed to assess the role of Protochlamydia spp. in pneumonia.
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