Acute transverse myelitis associated with Chlamydia psittaci infection.
We report a case of transverse myelitis presenting with fever and rapidly deteriorating neurological signs associated with Chlamydia psittaci infection. It resolved with no long-standing neurological consequences. Only one previous report has described transverse myelitis in association with psittacosis, and this resulted in permanent neurological sequelae.
Crook
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Department of Infectious and Tropical Disease, Coppetts Wood Hospital, London, UK.
Bannister
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B
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009188:Myelitis, Transverse / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D009956:Psittacosis / Q000150:complications*