ArticleRespiratory medicine case reports2021
Severe psittacosis progressing to suspected organizing pneumonia and the role of corticosteroids.
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- Clinical features and prognostic predictors of C. Psittaci Pneumonia: a systematic review and individual patient meta-analysis.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Current status and challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of psittacosis.Infectious diseases & immunity · 2026Review
- Antimicrobial Management of SevereInfection and drug resistance · 2026Review
- The re-emergence of psittacosis in China: a scoping review of epidemiology, diagnostics, and One Health priorities.Science in One Health · 2026Review
- Non-invasive management of severe chlamydia psittaci pneumonia presenting with hypoxemia and diarrhea: a case report.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Psittacosis chlamydia pneumonia complicated with organizing pneumonia: a case report and literature review.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Chlamydia psittaci detected at a live poultry wholesale market in central China.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
- Chlamydia psittaci causing severe pneumonia with an initial complaint of massive watery sputum: a case report.AME case reports · 2024Article
- Case report: Suspected organizing pneumonia secondary to severe respiratory syncytial virus pneumonia in an elderly patient.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- High-Dose Tigecycline for the Treatment of Progressive Pneumonia Caused byInfection and drug resistance · 2023Article
- Physiological analysis ofFrontiers in physiology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPsittacosis is a systemic disease usually with respiratory involvement, caused by the obligate intracellular bacterium CASE PRESENTATION: A 63-year-old man was referred to a rural hospital with 11 days of fevers to 39 °C, myalgia, lethargy and several days of dry cough. After initial treatment with benzylpenicillin and doxycycline for left lower pneumonia found on CXR, the patient deteriorated with extensive bilateral consolidation on chest CT requiring mechanical ventilation. Atypical pneumonia screening was negative, however, exposure to a sick bird prior to symptom onset triggered testing for
conclusionSevere pneumonia is a rare, but potentially life-threatening complication of psittacosis. We present a case of psittacosis which progressed to suspected organizing pneumonia despite appropriate antibiotics, and subsequent treatment with corticosteroids. This case suggests it may be useful to consider corticosteroids early in therapy for patients with severe psittacosis. Our paper underlines the need for further research to determine the best management of severe psittacosis to improve patient outcomes.
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