[Ornithosis--case report and current concerns].

Abstract

The authors describe a severe case of psittacosis requiring intensive care, and summarize the potential means of diagnosis, as well as the epidemiologic and therapeutic aspects of the disease. Clinical signs of ornithosis do not allow a reliable differentiation from other atypical bacterial infections, thus, exploring the possible exposure to birds in the patient's history is most important in these cases. Knowledge of bird exposure in the history leads the clinician to the correct diagnosis that may result quick recovery due to the adequate therapy. This notifiable disease may presumably belong to the misdiagnosed or delayed diagnosed infections even today so the underrepresented case-reports do not necessarily reflect the actual epidemiological situation in Hungary. The aim of the authors was to call the attention to this sometimes fatal disease occurring not as rarely as supposed.

• Authors: Eszter Balla, Fruzsina Petrovay, Zsuzsanna Hóka
• Journal: Orvosi hetilap (Orv Hetil) Vol. 151 Issue 29 Pg. 1190-3 (Jul 18 2010) ISSN: 0030-6002 [Print] Hungary
• Vernacular Title: Ornithosis--aktualitások egy eset kapcsán.
• PMID: 20591788 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antibodies, Bacterial

Topics

• Antibodies, Bacterial (isolation & purification)
• Chlamydophila psittaci (genetics, immunology, isolation & purification)
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Female
• Humans
• Incidence
• Middle Aged
• Pneumonia, Bacterial (microbiology)
• Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Psittacosis (diagnosis, drug therapy, epidemiology)