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Psittacosis
Occupational Disease Psittacosis
Psittacosis Category Infection, Occupational
Psittacosis Severity
Acute-Severe
Psittacosis Synonyms
Ornithosis; Parrot fever; Chlamydia psittaci infection
Information on Psittacosis Symptoms, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Screening and Imaging
A common pattern is mild respiratory symptoms and extensive pneumonia demonstrated by chest x-ray. Coughing may be absent initially, and then a nonproductive cough or cough with minimal sputum production ensues. Person-to-person transmission occurs rarely from patients with paroxysmal coughing. Pulse may be slow relative to temperature elevation. [Chin, p. 405-7] Most commonly carried by parrots, parakeets, lovebirds and sometimes by poultry, pigeons, canaries, snowy egrets, and seabirds, pssitacosis infects humans after inhalation of contaminated dust from feathers or droppings. Infections transmitted by bird bites and patient droplets have been reported. Serum specimens may be submitted to the CDC in Atlanta through the state laboratory. [Merck Manual, p. 611]
Psittacosis Latency
1-4 weeks
Psittacosis References
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/psittacosis_t.htm