Atypical pneumonia due to Chlamydophila psittaci: 3 Case reports and review of literature

Acta Clinica Belgica

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 192-196

  Fraeyman, Annelies ^a   Boel, A ^a   Van Vaerenbergh, K ^a   De Beenhouwer, H ^a  

^a OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atypical pneumonia; Chlamydophila psittaci; Psittacosis

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; DOXYCYCLINE; MACROLIDE; MOXIFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRD; CASE REPORT; CHLAMYDIAL PNEUMONIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; COUGHING; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEADACHE; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORNITHOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; CHLAMYDIA PSITTACI; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PSITTACOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PSITTACOSIS;

EID: 77954708133     PISSN: 00015512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/acb.2010.040     Document Type: Article

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