Chlamydia psittaci

Chlamydia psittaci

Characteristics

• Obligate intracellular pathogen

Reservoirs

• Humans (not normal flora)
• Animals (primarily birds)

Transmission

• Zoonotic
• Aerosolized

Toxins

• LPS

Diseases

• Parrot Fever “psittacosis”
• Fever, headache, myalgias and interstitial pneumonitis
• caused by Chlamydia Psittaci infection of the lungs

Treatment

• Tetracyclines
• Macrolides