Disease relevance of Psittacosis

• Sera from patients with psittacosis or lymphogranuloma venereum were ELISA positive, indicating that the assay with the antigen used in this study is genus specific rather than species specific [1].
• We performed a retrospective survey for antibody to Chlamydia pneumoniae, by the microimmunofluorescence (MIF) test, on 120 sera that were previously determined to be positive for antibody to ornithosis antigen by the complement fixation (CF) test [2].
• High adenosine deaminase activity in pleural effusion due to psittacosis [3].
• Of 135 patients with pneumonia, 68% were completely cured in the A + M group, and 65% in the cephalosporin group, the main reasons for treatment failure being Mycoplasma pneumonia or ornithosis [4].
• We describe a patient who presented with clinical signs consistent with reactive arthritis during the course of psittacosis, and we emphasize the good therapeutical results with ceftriaxone in the treatment of psittacosis [5].

High impact information on Psittacosis

• Severe hepatic damage after acetaminophen use in psittacosis [6].
• Diagnosis of ornithosis by cell culture and polymerase chain reaction in a patient with chronic pneumonia [7].
• RB seemed to demonstrate chlamydial group reactivity; sera from 10 psittacosis patients diagnosed clinically and serologically by complement fixation showed five positive, three equivocal, and two negative reactions [8].
• Of 759 cases of psittacosis reported to the Centers for Disease Control for the period of 1974 to 1981, some 75 (10 percent) were associated with pigeons [9].
• Compendium of chlamydiosis (psittacosis) control, 1999. Psittacosis Compendium Committee, National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians [10].

Chemical compound and disease context of Psittacosis

• Erythromycin for treatment of ornithosis [11].
• Epidemic of psittacosis in College of Veterinary Medicine [12].
• If, however, ornithosis is suspected the recommended drug has been tetracycline [11].
• Photodynamic action of toluidine blue on a Chlamydia ornithosis strain [13].
• Successful treatment by doxycycline of endocarditis caused by ornithosis [14].

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