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