Zoonotic Chlamydophila psittaci infections from a clinical perspective

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-17

  Beeckman, Delphine S A ^a   Vanrompay, D C G ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Chlamydophila psittaci; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Review; Treatment; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TETRACYCLINE;

ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD DISEASE; CHLAMYDIACEAE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CROSS REACTION; EPIDEMIC; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; ORNITHOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE; SYMPTOM;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CACATUIDAE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; LORIIDAE; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 59349091670     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2008.02669.x     Document Type: Review

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