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TWAR agent

TWAR agent

Microbiology A fastidious strain of Chlamydia psittaci that causes outbreaks of community-acquired pneumonia, and RTIs–the TWAR antibody occurs in 20-45% of normal adults, transmitted person-to-person and may be fatal in the elderly Clinical Pneumonia in young adults, pharyngitis, laryngitis Treatment Tetracycline
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