Clinical features of endemic community-acquired psittacosis

New Microbes and New Infections

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 7-12

  Branley, J M ^a,b,c   Weston, K M ^d,e   England, J ^c   Dwyer, D E ^b,f   Sorrell, T C ^b,g  

^a NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Blue Mountains District ANZAC Memorial Hospital   (Australia)

^d Nepean Executive Unit   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^f WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atypical pneumonia; Chlamydia psittaci; Community acquired pneumonia; Medical geography; Ornithosis; Psittacosis

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED INFECTION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; ORNITHOSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AVES; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI;

EID: 84921997286     PISSN: 20522975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2052-2975.29     Document Type: Article

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