Zoonotic atypical pneumonia due to Chlamydophila psittaci: First reported psittacosis case in Taiwan

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• 作者：Yu-Jen Cheng ; Kun-Yen Lin ; Chun-Chen Chen ; Yen-Lin Huang ; Chun-Eng Liu ; Shu-Ying Li
• 关键词：atypical pneumonia ; chlamydia infections ; Chlamydophila psittaci ; community-acquired pneumonia ; microimmunofluorescence test ; psittacosis ; zoonoses
• 刊名：Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：July, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：112
• 期：7
• 页码：430-433
• 全文大小：287 K

文摘

Human psittacosis caused by Chlamydophila psittaci is one of the most common zoonotic atypical pneumonias featuring pulmonary as well as extrapulmonary infections. Most of the cases involve avian contact history especially with psittacine birds. Herein we report a 44-year-old male patient displaying atypical pneumonia symptoms of intermittent fever, dry cough, chest pain, dyspnea, headache, hepatitis, and hyponatremia. He had two sick cockatiels, one of which had died a month previously. A microimmunofluorescence test was performed to check the serum antibody levels against Chlamydophila psittaci. The serum IgM titer showed positive titer of 1:256, 1:256, and 1:128 on Days 11, 23, and 43 after disease onset, respectively. His fever subsided soon and clinical symptoms improved after minocycline was administrated on Day 12. The psittacosis case was confirmed by history of psittacine bird contact, clinical symptoms, treatment response, and positive IgM titer. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a psittacosis case in Taiwan.