Chlamydia psittaci genotype B in a pigeon (Columba livia) inhabiting a public place in San José, Costa Rica [PDF]
, 2013 Human chlamydiosis is a zoonotic disease of avian origin caused by Chlamydia psittaci. The highest infection rates have been detected in parrots (Psittacidae) and pigeons (Columbiformes), the latter most frequently carry the genotypes B and E.
Gaby Dolz +6 more
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Prolonged Fever in Children: An Inpatient Diagnostic Framework for Infections in Australia
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Volume 61, Issue 4, Page 532-539, April 2025.ABSTRACT There are many causes of fever in children, ranging from common and self‐limiting to serious and life threatening. Careful assessment of children with prolonged fever without an obvious or identified source requires detailed history and examination with consideration of infections unique to the specific geographical region and individual ...
Heshani Rupasinghe +3 more
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A case of severe psittacosis pneumonia complicated by splenic infarction
BMC Infectious DiseasesClinical data Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia is a community-acquired pneumonia caused by Chlamydia psittaci. While severe cases may lead to critical conditions such as respiratory failure, splenic infarction is relatively uncommon.
Zhao Yu +3 more
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Prevalence and Genetic Characteristics of Avian Chlamydia in Birds in Guangxi, Southwestern China
MicroorganismsAvian chlamydiosis, primarily caused by Chlamydia psittaci (C. psittaci), poses significant threats to poultry and avian trade. Emerging species such as Chlamydia gallinacea (C. gallinacea), Chlamydia avium (C. avium), and Chlamydia ibidis (C.
Jian-Ming Long +10 more
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Quantitative Detection of Chlamydia spp. by Fluorescent PCR in the LightCycler®
BioTechniques, 2001 Quantitative detection of intracellular bacteria of the genus Chlamydia by the standard cell culture method is cumbersome and operator dependent.
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Chlamydia psittaci: a relevant cause of community-acquired pneumonia in two Dutch hospitals. [PDF]
, 2016 Of all hospitalised community-acquired pneumonias (CAPs) only a few are known to be caused by Chlamydia psittaci. Most likely the reported incidence, ranging from of 0% to 2.1%, is an underestimation of the real incidence, since detection of psittacosis ...
Bos, W J W +9 more
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Caveolin-2 associates with intracellular chlamydial inclusions independently of caveolin-1 [PDF]
, 2004 Background Lipid raft domains form in plasma membranes of eukaryotic cells by the tight packing of glycosphingolipids and cholesterol. Caveolae are invaginated structures that form in lipid raft domains when the protein caveolin-1 is expressed.
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Geographic variation and environmental conditions as cofactors in Chlamydia psittaci association with ocular adnexal lymphomas: a comparison between Italian and African samples [PDF]
, 2009 A particular extra-nodal lymphoma type arises from B cells of the marginal zone (MZ) of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT). The aetiology ofMZ lymphomas suggests that they are associated with chronic antigenic stimulation by microbial pathogens ...
Antonicelli, Giuseppina +11 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection MicrobiologyBackgroundResearch into the effects of Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia on the liver has emerged in the last few years. However, no studies have systematically described liver injury in patients with psittacosis.
Xuejing Guo, Dan Zhu, Hui Chen
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Penicillin kills chlamydia following the fusion of bacteria with Lysosomes and prevents genital inflammatory lesions in C. muridarum-infected mice [PDF]
, 2013 The obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia exists as two distinct forms. Elementary bodies (EBs) are infectious and extra-cellular, whereas reticulate bodies (RBs) replicate within a specialized intracellular compartment termed an ‘inclusion ...
Delarbre, C. +7 more
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