Psittacosis

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-25

  Stewardson, Andrew J ^a   Grayson, M Lindsay ^a,b,c  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atypical pneumonia; Chlamydophila psittaci; Psittacosis; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DNA VACCINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; NORFLOXACIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBODY TITER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI ENDOCARDITIS; CHRONIC FOLLICULAR CONJUNCTIVITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPOSURE; FULMINAT PSITTACOSIS; GENOTYPE; GESTATIONAL PSITTACOSIS; GESTATIONAL PSITTOCOSIS; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; ORNITHOSIS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIRDS; DOXYCYCLINE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSITTACOSIS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 76749096027     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2009.10.003     Document Type: Review

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