Severe psittacosis progressing to suspected organizing pneumonia and the role of corticosteroids

BACKGROUND: Psittacosis is a systemic disease usually with respiratory involvement, caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia psittaci. Exposure to birds, the main zoonotic reservoir, is a major risk factor for infection. The spectrum of disease is highly variable, ranging from subcli...

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Autores principales: Zuzek, Rachael, Green, Malcolm, May, Stephen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8339220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34381682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101486

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8339220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34381682
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2021.101486

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