Two fatal cases of psittacosis caused by Chlamydophila psittaci

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1296-1298

  Petrovay, Fruzsina ^a   Balla, Eszter ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXYCYCLINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; EMPLOYEE; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALAISE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; ORNITHOSIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SYMPTOM;

ABATTOIRS; AGED; ANIMALS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; PSITTACOSIS;

EID: 53749107709     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.2008/001578-0     Document Type: Article

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