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Chlamydophila psittaci (Chlamydia psittaci)
Epidemiology:
1) organism harbored by birds
a) parrots
b) lories
c) turkeys
d) pigeons
e) other birds
2) infected birds
a) anorexia
b) weight loss
c) diarrhea
d) ruffled feathers
e) inability to fly
f) conjunctivitis
g) rhinitis
Pathology:
1) psittacosis (ornithosis)
2) community-acquired pneumonia (especially in the elderly)
Laboratory:
- Chlamydophila psittaci serology
- Chlamydophila psittaci antigen
- Chlamydophila psittaci identified in specimen
- Chlamydophila psittaci DNA
- Chlamydophila pneumoniae+Chlamydophila psittaci DNA
- culture for Chlamydophila psittaci
- Chlamydophila psittaci in placenta by electron microscopy
- see ARUP consult [3]
Management:
1) tetracycline
2) alternative: macrolide
Related
Chlamydia DNA
hypersensitivity pneumonitis; extrinsic allergic alveolitis; pigeon breeder's lung; bird fancier's lung; farmer's lung; allergic pneumonitis
psittacosis (ornithosis, parrot fever)
General
Chlamydophila
Properties
KINGDOM: monera
DIVISION: SCHIZOMYCETES
References
- Mayo Internal Medicine Board Review, 1998-99, Prakash UBS (ed)
Lippincott-Raven, Philadelphia, 1998, pg 798
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 15,
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2009
- ARUP Consult: Chlamydophila pneumoniae or psittaci
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