I have had hoarseness of varying degrees since 9/2012, when I was hospitalized with
pneumonia. I was subsequently hospitalized in 12/12, 1/13, and 6/13 with
pneumonia also. During the 1/13 hospitalization, they finally discovered that I had chlamydia pneumoniae and said it was likely to have been the cause of earlier episodes of pneumonia. I had a horrible, dry, hacking cough that did finally improve about mid-February.