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2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Ana Cipriano ◽  
Ana Machado ◽  
Fábio Videira Santos ◽  
Miguel Araujo Abreu ◽  
Rui Sarmento e Castro

Psittacosis is a rare disease caused by Chlamydophila psittaci, an intracellular bacteria transmitted by contaminated birds. The clinical and radiological presentations are nonspecific. We describe a case of a 42-year-old woman, with known exposure to birds, who presented to the emergency department with one-week evolution of myalgia, polyarthritis, and respiratory symptoms. At admission, she had fever, respiratory failure, raised inflammatory markers and bilateral interstitial infiltrates at chest radiography. Considering the clinical findings and epidemiological background, we raised the hypothesis of a Chlamydophila psittaci atypical pneumonia that was serologically confirmed. Tetracyclines are the mainstay of treatment and the macrolides are an effective alternative. We highlight the importance of the epidemiological context in the early diagnosis and treatment of this infection.


2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 817-821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marian Elsubeth Fossádal ◽  
Mansour Grand ◽  
Shahin Gaini

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 950
Author(s):  
Karla Pinto ◽  
Felipe Villalobos ◽  
Christof Fischer ◽  
Carlos Barrientos ◽  
Daniel González-Acuña ◽  
...  

Los loros (Aves: Psitacidae), además de ser una de las mascotas de mayor incremento en Chile en los últimos años, constituyen importantes reservorios de patógenos, incluída la bacteria zoonótica Chlamydophila psittaci. El objetivo del estudio fue determinar la presencia de anticuerpos séricos contra C. psittaci en 30 loros provenientes de tres criaderos privados de la región del Biobío, mediante la detección de anticuerpos tipo IgG a través un ELSA comercial (ELISA InmunoComb®). Tres loros adultos (3/24) resultaron seropositivos (10% de prevalencia) y ningún juvenil (0/6). Los psitacidos positivos corespondieron a una cachaña (Enicognathus ferrugineus), un choroy (Enicognathus leptorhynchus) y una amazona (Amazonas pretrei), todos provenientes del mismo criadero. La cachaña y el choroy son especies nativas de Chile.


2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 267-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raimond Lugert ◽  
Uwe Groß ◽  
Wycliffe O. Masanta ◽  
Gunter Linsel ◽  
Astrid Heutelbeck ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-217
Author(s):  
Yara El-Basrey ◽  
Mohammed Lebdah ◽  
Samir Nassif ◽  
Abeer Shahein

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