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Chlamydia psittaci is a bacteria carried by many types of birds, including pigeons, canaries, parakeets, parrots, and some gulls. Humans acquire the bacteria through contact with dust from bird feathers, bird droppings, or from the bite of a bird
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoAn organism related to bacteria that infects some types of birds and can be transmitted to humans to cause parrot fever.
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Where is chlamydia psittaci found?
Chlamydia psittaci is a type of chlamydia. This is found in infected parrots and parakeets.
Is the Chlamydia in psittacosis same as the STD and could it show up in a vaginal culture?
Chlamydia psittaci is a different bacteria from the one that causes the STD known as chlamydia. That infection is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis. The tests for chlamydia are built to avoid cross-reaction with Chlamydia psittaci.
What is the prognosis of chlamydia psittaci?
Chlamydia psittaci may linger, and severe cases have a death rate of as high as 30%. The elderly are hardest hit by this type of pneumonia.
What are the types of chlamydia?
There are three major types of Chlamydia: Chlamydia psittaci, Chlamydia pneumoniae, and Chlamydia trachomatis. Each of these has the potential to cause a type of pneumonia.
Do hummingbirds get chlamydia?
No they do not. Only humans get chlamydia trachomatis. There are other chlamydia species that affect animals. Chlamydia psittaci is the chlamydia species that most often affects birds.
How do you prevent chlamydia psittaci?
Chlamydia psittaci can be prevented by warning people who have birds as pets, or who work around birds, to be careful to avoid contact with the dust and droppings of these birds. Sick birds can be treated with an antibiotic in their feed.
Does chlamydia affect animals?
Chlamydia trachomatis, the bacterium that causes the STD known as chlamydia, does not affect any animal other than humans. Other types of chlamydia, such as Chlamydia psittaci, affect animals.
Can you get chlamydia from a parakeet?
Birds don't get or transmit chlamydia trachomatis, the germ that causes the sexually transmitted infection. Birds may transmit chlamydia psittaci, which is not sexually transmitted.
What is avian chlamydiosis?
An illness in pet birds and poultry caused by Chlamydia psittaci. It is also known as parrot fever in birds.
How is chlamydial pneumonia treated?
Chlamydia trachomatis improves rapidly with erythromycin. Chlamydia psittaci infection is treated with tetracycline, bed rest, oxygen supplementation, and codeine-containing cough preparations. Chlamydia pneumoniae infection is treated with erythromycin
What organisms do birds carry?
Birds may carry Campylobacteriosis, Chlamydia psittaci, Pasteurella multocida, Histoplasma capsulatum, Salmonellosis, and others.
What microorganisms required special culture procedures?
microorganisms that.require special culture procedures. Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mycoplasma pneumonia. Bordetella pertussis. Legionella pneumophila. Chlamydia pneumoniae. Chlamydia psittaci. Pneumocystis carinii
