Chlamydophila (Chlamydia) pneumoniae Infection of Human Astrocytes and Microglia in Culture Displays an Active, Rather than a Persistent, Phenotype

In cultured human astrocytes and microglia, C pneumoniae displays an active, not a persistent, growth phenotype. This indicates normal passage through the developmental cycle with its probable concomitant destruction by lysis of some portion of host cells at the termination of that cycle.