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Ornithosis

MedGen UID:
18198
•Concept ID:
C0029291
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Chlamydia psittaci; Chlamydial pneumonia; Psittacosis
SNOMED CT: Ornithosis (75116005); Psittacosis (75116005); Parrot fever (75116005); Parrot fever due to Chlamydia psitacci (75116005); Chlamydia psittaci infection (75116005)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005888

Definition

Disease caused by the Chlamydophila psittaci bacteria, usually transmitted from birds to humans. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVOrnithosis

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Compendium of measures to control Chlamydia psittaci infection among humans (psittacosis) and pet birds (avian chlamydiosis), 2000. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
MMWR Recomm Rep 2000 Jul 14;49(RR-8):3-17. PMID: 10914931
Compendium of psittacosis (chlamydiosis) control, 1997. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
MMWR Recomm Rep 1997 Jul 18;46(RR-13):1-13. PMID: 9233554
Erythromycin for treatment of ornithosis.
Hammers-Berggren S, Granath F, Julander I, Kalin M
Scand J Infect Dis 1991;23(2):159-62. doi: 10.3109/00365549109023394. PMID: 1853163

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

A pediatric case of Chlamydia psittaci caused severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in Italy.
Marchese S, Marchese G, Paviglianiti G, Lapi M, Ottoveggio G, Pipitone G, Corsello G
Ital J Pediatr 2023 Aug 30;49(1):107. doi: 10.1186/s13052-023-01497-6. PMID: 37649055Free PMC Article
Chlamydiosis in farmed chickens in Slovakia and zoonotic risk for humans.
Čechová L, Halánová M, Babinská I, Danišová O, Bartkovský M, Marcinčák S, Marcinčáková D, Valenčáková A, Čisláková L
Ann Agric Environ Med 2018 Jun 20;25(2):320-325. Epub 2018 Feb 23 doi: 10.26444/aaem/82948. PMID: 29936804
Risk exposures for human ornithosis in a poultry processing plant modified by use of personal protective equipment: an analytical outbreak study.
Williams CJ, Sillis M, Fearne V, Pezzoli L, Beasley G, Bracebridge S, Reacher M, Nair P
Epidemiol Infect 2013 Sep;141(9):1965-74. Epub 2012 Nov 26 doi: 10.1017/S0950268812002440. PMID: 23176790Free PMC Article
Multiple sites of exposure in an outbreak of ornithosis in workers at a poultry abattoir and farm.
Tiong A, Vu T, Counahan M, Leydon J, Tallis G, Lambert S
Epidemiol Infect 2007 Oct;135(7):1184-91. Epub 2007 Feb 5 doi: 10.1017/S095026880700790X. PMID: 17274860Free PMC Article
Some general remarks and new observations on psittacosis and ornithosis.
MEYER KF
Bull World Health Organ 1959;20(1):101-19. PMID: 13638793Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Acute encephalitis.
Sivertsen B, Christensen PB
Acta Neurol Scand 1996 Feb-Mar;93(2-3):156-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1996.tb00192.x. PMID: 8741136
The problems of treating atypical pneumonia.
Schlick W
J Antimicrob Chemother 1993 Mar;31 Suppl C:111-20. doi: 10.1093/jac/31.suppl_c.111. PMID: 8478302
MYOCARDIAL BIOPSY.
RAFFENSPERGER J, DRISCOL JF, SUTTON GC, WEINBERG M Jr
Arch Surg 1964 Dec;89:1021-3. doi: 10.1001/archsurg.1964.01320060089017. PMID: 14208446
OPEN LUNG BIOPSY.
DELARUE NC, STRANGWAY DW
Can Med Assoc J 1964 Aug 8;91(6):271-81. PMID: 14180532Free PMC Article
ORNITHOSIS.
WESTWOOD JC
Practitioner 1963 Nov;191:610-4. PMID: 14084357

Therapy

A pediatric case of Chlamydia psittaci caused severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in Italy.
Marchese S, Marchese G, Paviglianiti G, Lapi M, Ottoveggio G, Pipitone G, Corsello G
Ital J Pediatr 2023 Aug 30;49(1):107. doi: 10.1186/s13052-023-01497-6. PMID: 37649055Free PMC Article
Diff-Quik cytologic recognition of Chlamydophila psittaci in orolabial lesions of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome.
Reyes CV
Acta Cytol 2010 Sep-Oct;54(5):692-4. doi: 10.1159/000325234. PMID: 20968157
Erythromycin for treatment of ornithosis.
Hammers-Berggren S, Granath F, Julander I, Kalin M
Scand J Infect Dis 1991;23(2):159-62. doi: 10.3109/00365549109023394. PMID: 1853163
Ornithosis as a nosocomial infection.
Broholm KA, Böttiger M, Jernelius H, Johansson M, Grandien M, Sölver K
Scand J Infect Dis 1977;9(4):263-7. doi: 10.3109/inf.1977.9.issue-4.02. PMID: 601519
The bacteria-like Chlamydiae of ornithosis and the diseases they cause.
Harding HB
CRC Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci 1970 Jul;1(3):451-70. doi: 10.3109/10408367009027951. PMID: 4938324

Prognosis

A pediatric case of Chlamydia psittaci caused severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in Italy.
Marchese S, Marchese G, Paviglianiti G, Lapi M, Ottoveggio G, Pipitone G, Corsello G
Ital J Pediatr 2023 Aug 30;49(1):107. doi: 10.1186/s13052-023-01497-6. PMID: 37649055Free PMC Article
Chlamydia psittaci: update on an underestimated zoonotic agent.
Knittler MR, Sachse K
Pathog Dis 2015 Feb;73(1):1-15. Epub 2014 Dec 4 doi: 10.1093/femspd/ftu007. PMID: 25853998
Acute encephalitis.
Sivertsen B, Christensen PB
Acta Neurol Scand 1996 Feb-Mar;93(2-3):156-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1996.tb00192.x. PMID: 8741136
The problems of treating atypical pneumonia.
Schlick W
J Antimicrob Chemother 1993 Mar;31 Suppl C:111-20. doi: 10.1093/jac/31.suppl_c.111. PMID: 8478302
OPEN LUNG BIOPSY.
DELARUE NC, STRANGWAY DW
Can Med Assoc J 1964 Aug 8;91(6):271-81. PMID: 14180532Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Chlamydia-host cell interaction not only from a bird's eye view: some lessons from Chlamydia psittaci.
Radomski N, Einenkel R, Müller A, Knittler MR
FEBS Lett 2016 Nov;590(21):3920-3940. Epub 2016 Jul 26 doi: 10.1002/1873-3468.12295. PMID: 27397851
The Chlamydia psittaci genome: a comparative analysis of intracellular pathogens.
Voigt A, Schöfl G, Saluz HP
PLoS One 2012;7(4):e35097. Epub 2012 Apr 10 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035097. PMID: 22506068Free PMC Article
Psittacosis/ornithosis in Cambridgeshire 1975-1983.
Nagington J
J Hyg (Lond) 1984 Feb;92(1):9-19. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400063981. PMID: 6693765Free PMC Article
WHO respiratory disease survey in children: a serological study.
Chanock R, Chambon L, Chang W, Gonçalves Ferreira F, Gharpure P, Grant L, Hatem J, Imam I, Kalra S, Lim K, Madalengoitia J, Spence L, Teng P, Ferreira W
Bull World Health Organ 1967;37(3):363-9. PMID: 5301380Free PMC Article
Some general remarks and new observations on psittacosis and ornithosis.
MEYER KF
Bull World Health Organ 1959;20(1):101-19. PMID: 13638793Free PMC Article

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