Chlamydophila pneumoniae, an obligate intracellular pathogen, is a causal agent of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and is categorized as an atypical cause of pneumonia. The clinical symptoms of C. pneumoniae infection are nonspecific and do not differ significantly from those caused by other atypical organisms, such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae and respiratory viruses
Sample Material
- Nasopharyngeal swabs
- Oropharyngeal swabs
- Nasopharyngeal aspirate
- Sputum
- Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
- Bronchial washings
Detection channels
- FAM (495 – 520 nm) for Internal Control (IC)
- ROX (575 – 602 nm) for Chlamydophila pneumoniae DNA
