A woman with a lobar infiltrate due to psittacosis detected by polymerase chain reaction.
This report presents a case of community-acquired pneumonia due to Chlamydia psittaci presenting with a lobar infiltrate and diagnosed by a newly developed ompA gene-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR). This gene encodes a specific C. psittaci major outer membrane protein. This kind of PCR could reduce antibiotic consumption and expedite outbreak management.
Heddema
Edou R
ER
Division of Clinical Virology, Academic Medical Centre/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. e.r.heddema@amc.uva.nl
Kraan
Maarten C
MC
Buys-Bergen
Herma E C M
HE
Smith
Hilde E
HE
Wertheim-van Dillen
Pauline M E
PM
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D002691:Chlamydophila psittaci / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D009956:Psittacosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins