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A Bird’s-Eye View of Chronic Unilateral Conjunctivitis: Remember about Chlamydia psittaci

Chlamydia psittaci causes psittacosis in humans, mainly in people in contact with birds in either the setting of occupational or companion bird exposure. Infection is associated with a range of clinical manifestations from asymptomatic infection to severe atypical pneumonia and systemic disease. C....

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Autores principales: Vandendriessche, Stien, Rybarczyk, Joanna, Schauwvlieghe, Pieter-Paul, Accou, Geraldine, Van den Abeele, Anne-Marie, Vanrompay, Daisy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6560389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31052181
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7050118
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Sumario:Chlamydia psittaci causes psittacosis in humans, mainly in people in contact with birds in either the setting of occupational or companion bird exposure. Infection is associated with a range of clinical manifestations from asymptomatic infection to severe atypical pneumonia and systemic disease. C. psittaci has also been associated with ocular adnexal lymphoma in human patients. The current paper describes successful doxycycline treatment of a male patient suffering from C. psittaci chronic unilateral conjunctivitis, most probably linked to the visit of a South African wildlife reserve. Increased awareness among general and occupational physicians, ophthalmologists, clinicians, and the public on the potential of C. psittaci to cause ocular infection is needed.