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Notifiable (report by name in case of laboratory evidence), chlamydiae disease transmissible from birds aerogenously to humans (through faeces and feather dust). No transmission from person to person.
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Nationwide about 80-100 diseases/year.
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Infection of humans through contact with infested birds (secretions, feathers, faeces), especially from animal farms (ducks, turkeys) or pigeons More rarely, tropical birds or migratory birds appear as reservoirs.
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Incubation period: 7-28 days.
Flu-like or pneumonic course. More severe forms are associated with fever, chills, severe general symptoms with headache and muscle pain, sensitivity to light and atypical interstitial pneumonia (cough and moderate, often haemorrhagic sputum).
Skin lesions: paleness, icteric skin, exanthema with small reddish-brownish spots disappearing under the pressure of a glass spatula. Rarely papular, multiforme or nodular erythema.
Splenomegaly
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Doxycycline (e.g. supracycline) 2 times/day 100 mg p.o. for 14-21 days.
Alternatively macrolides like erythromycin (e.g. erythrocin) 4 times/day 500 mg p.o.
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Fatalities with antibiotic therapy: 0.5-5%.
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LiteratureThis section has been translated automatically.
- Balsamo G et al (2017) Compendium of Measures to Control Chlamydia psittaci Infection Among Humans (Psittacosis) and Pet Birds (Avian Chlamydiosis). J Avian Med Surg 31:262-282.
- Mandøe MJ et al (2014) Ornithosis is a diagnostic challenge. Ugeskr Laeger 176:V11130653.
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