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Psittacosis, an Uninvited Guest [PDF]
Journal of Global Infectious DiseasesPsittacosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the bacteria Chlamydia psittaci. It commonly presents with flu-like symptoms and community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The bacteria is transmitted from birds to humans. The most common bird is parrots.
Soma Dutta, Ujjwayini Ray
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Psittacosis is an uncommon disease which mainly presents as community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). We aim to apply metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) as a promising tool in the diagnosis of psittacosis pneumonia and to describe its clinical ...
Junli Tang +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Background Psittacosis pneumonia is a community-acquired pneumonia caused by Chlamydia psittaci. It is usually under-diagnosed due to its atypical clinical presentation and lack of routine laboratory tests.
Xiaoying Li +7 more
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Case Report: A case of Chlamydia psittaci infection in an HIV patient
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023 Chlamydia psittaci is the pathogen of psittacosis and infects a wide range of birds and even humans. Human infection occurs most commonly in those with a history of contact with birds or poultry.
Wenwu Yao +12 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2023 Introduction Psittacosis can cause severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). The clinical manifestations of psittacosis range from subclinical to fulminant psittacosis with multi-organ failure. It is essential to summarize the clinical characteristic of
Xiao Tang +18 more
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Community-Acquired <i>Chlamydia psittaci</i> Severe Pneumonia: A Case Report. [PDF]
Case Rep Infect DisChlamydia psittaci, the causative agent of psittacosis, is an intracellular bacterium typically transmitted from birds to humans, leading to atypical pneumonia. We present a case of a 60‐year‐old man with no reported bird exposure but a history of working as a chief cook, potentially exposed to poultry.
Guillemot Q +5 more
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Severe psittacosis progressing to suspected organizing pneumonia and the role of corticosteroids
Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2021 Background: Psittacosis is a systemic disease usually with respiratory involvement, caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia psittaci. Exposure to birds, the main zoonotic reservoir, is a major risk factor for infection.
Rachael Zuzek +2 more
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Italian Journal of Pediatrics, 2023 Background This case of psittacosis in children, is the first described in literature, in Italy. This respiratory infection can be transmitted to humans from the inhalation of respiratory secretions, feces and plumage aerosol of infected birds (and other
Serena Marchese +6 more
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BMC Infectious Diseases, 2017 Background Human psittacosis is a highly under diagnosed zoonotic disease, commonly linked to psittacine birds. Psittacosis in birds, also known as avian chlamydiosis, is endemic in poultry, but the risk for people living close to poultry farms is ...
Lenny Hogerwerf +4 more
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023 BackgroundChlamydia psittaci is the causative agent of psittacosis in humans, while its rapid identification is hampered due to the lack of specificity of laboratory testing methods.Case presentationThis study reports four cases of C.
Wan Xu +7 more
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