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Science 25 November 1983:
Vol. 222. no. 4626, pp. 927 - 929
DOI: 10.1126/science.6415813
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Science, Vol 222, Issue 4626, 927-929
Copyright © 1983 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Serologic evidence of chlamydial and mycoplasmal pharyngitis in adults

AL Komaroff, MD Aronson, TM Pass, CT Ervin, WT Branch Jr, and J Schachter

In a study of 763 adult patients we found serologic evidence of infection (a fourfold increase in antibodies) with Chlamydia trachomatis in 20.5 percent of the patients and with Mycoplasma pneumoniae in 10.6 percent, but with group A streptococcus (by culture) in only 9.1 percent. Pharyngitis, the most common problem for which patients seek medical care in the United States, may be caused by nonviral, potentially treatable organisms more often than had been suspected.


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