title: [Two familial cases of psittacosis].
abstract: We report here 2 cases of psittacosis in a family. In the first case, a 51-year-old woman was admitted with fever, dry cough, and a chest radiograph showed increased opacity in the right upper lung field. On a diagnosis of atypical pneumonia, minocycline was given and her clinical symptoms and abnormal laboratory data were improved. The second case was her husband, a 58-year-old man who presented with fever 4 days after his wife's admission. His chest radiograph revealed increased opacity in the left lower lung field. The administration of azithromycin for 3 days attenuated his clinical symptoms and his abnormal laboratory data improved. The serum titer of complement fixation (CF) test and ELISA test against Chlamydophila psittaci were elevated in both cases on analysis of paired acute- and convalescent-phase serum speciments. The antigen of Chlamydophila was revealed from these parrots, which had been raised in their family. Therefore, we concluded that the psittacosis had originated from the parrots.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Komoro General Hospital.
authors.forename: Shintaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Toshimichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horiuchi
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Takuro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maruyama
mesh_terms: D002691:Chlamydophila psittaci; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009956:Psittacosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics*