title: [Two cases of Chlamydia psittaci infection occurring in employees of the same pet shop].
abstract: We report here 2 cases of psittacosis in a pet shop. In the first case, a 44-year-old male was admitted with fever, and a chest radiograph showed an infiltration shadow in the right lower lung. One day later, a colleague of the first patient, a 42-year-old man, developed fever and was admitted. In this patient, chest radiography revealed an infiltration shadow in the left lower lung. Both patients had mild liver dysfunction. The serum titer of a complement fixation (CF) test against Chlamydia psittaci was elevated fourfold in the first case and sixteen-fold in the second on the analysis of paired acute- and convalescent-phase serum specimens. Clinical symptoms and abnormal laboratory data were attenuated by the administration of minocycline for 2 weeks. Since both patients worked in same pet shop and since some parakeets at the shop had died, we speculated that the psittacosis had originated from these birds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Disease, Otsu Red Cross Hospital.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Maegawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Emoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fujinaga
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tezuka
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohtsuka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fukuse
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002691:Chlamydophila psittaci; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008911:Minocycline / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009956:Psittacosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D008911:Minocycline