Weizhong Jin, Rongzhang Liang, Xianjiang Tian, Yuan Cheng, Xianglong Kong, Fei He, Chao Zhang, Guoan Wang, SenHua Li, Huadong Lu, Siqing Sun, Ling Shen
BACKGROUND: Psittacosis is a relatively uncommon cause of community-acquired pneumonia, often leading to diagnostic difficulty. METHODS: A retrospective study was conducted on the clinical features of psittacosis patients in China. Forty-six cases of Chlamydophila psittaci infection with atypical pneumonia of varying severity in the last two years were described retrospectively. RESULTS: Fever, relative bradycardia, and other systemic upsets were the main clinical presentation...
November 2023: Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica