[Psittacosis: report of 7 cases].
The development and systematic use of microserological techniques have allowed to identify the etiology of a higher number of respiratory diseases, that could hardly have been considered some years ago and that now are known to play a more common role in clinical practice than usually thought. In the present study, the clinical, radiological and epidemiological features of seven patients are reported; they were seen in our health center during a 16 month period and the diagnosis of Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia was made by serological studies. All patients were treated with erithromycin, with favorable clinical and radiological outcome. Psittacosis is a condition that should be considered as a cause of community acquired pneumonia even in the absence of suggestive epidemiological background.
Kloppe
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P
Martín Cuesta
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JA
González-Anleo
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I
González López
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E
Ruiz de Adana
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R
Rubio Roldán
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LA
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009956:Psittacosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography
Psitacosis: a propósito de siete observaciones.