A case report of healthcare-associated psittacosis
Introduction: Psittacosis is a well-recognized zoonotic infectious disorder caused by Chlamydia psittaci (C. psittaci). Human-to-human transmission of C. psittaci has rarely been reported previously, especially in the case of healthcare-associated infections. Case report: A 32-year-old man was ad...
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Introduction: Psittacosis is a well-recognized zoonotic infectious disorder caused by Chlamydia psittaci (C. psittaci). Human-to-human transmission of C. psittaci has rarely been reported previously, especially in the case of healthcare-associated infections.
Case report: A 32-year-old man was admitted to the intensive care unit with severe pneumonia. An intensive care unit healthcare worker contracted pneumonia 7 days after performing endotracheal intubation on the patient. The first patient, a duck feeder, had been closely exposed to ducks, while the second patient had not been exposed to any birds, mammals or poultry. C. psittaci sequences were obtained by metagenomic next-generation sequencing analyses of bronchial alveolar lavage fluid of both the patients, and they were diagnosed with psittacosis. Therefore, healthcare-associated human-to-human transmission between both cases took place.
Conclusions: Our findings have implications for managing patients with suspected psittacosis. stringent protective measures are needed to prevent healthcare-associated human-to-human transmission of C. psittaci.
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| spelling | doaj-art-2d2904a2fcbc40b8bfdc121a3de3dc732025-08-20T02:57:44ZengThe Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesJournal of Infection in Developing Countries1972-26802023-04-01170410.3855/jidc.17241A case report of healthcare-associated psittacosisFei Deng0Qibin Lin1Xiaohong Xu2Changsong Li3Jianbo Xu4Hanxiang Nie5Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Hanchuan People's Hospital of Hubei Province, Hanchuan, Hubei, ChinaDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, ChinaDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Hanchuan People's Hospital of Hubei Province, Hanchuan, Hubei, ChinaDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, ChinaDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Hanchuan People's Hospital of Hubei Province, Hanchuan, Hubei, ChinaDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China Introduction: Psittacosis is a well-recognized zoonotic infectious disorder caused by Chlamydia psittaci (C. psittaci). Human-to-human transmission of C. psittaci has rarely been reported previously, especially in the case of healthcare-associated infections. Case report: A 32-year-old man was admitted to the intensive care unit with severe pneumonia. An intensive care unit healthcare worker contracted pneumonia 7 days after performing endotracheal intubation on the patient. The first patient, a duck feeder, had been closely exposed to ducks, while the second patient had not been exposed to any birds, mammals or poultry. C. psittaci sequences were obtained by metagenomic next-generation sequencing analyses of bronchial alveolar lavage fluid of both the patients, and they were diagnosed with psittacosis. Therefore, healthcare-associated human-to-human transmission between both cases took place. Conclusions: Our findings have implications for managing patients with suspected psittacosis. stringent protective measures are needed to prevent healthcare-associated human-to-human transmission of C. psittaci. https://jidc.org/index.php/journal/article/view/17241psittacosishealthcare-associated psittacosishuman-to-human transmissionendotracheal intubation |
| spellingShingle | Fei Deng Qibin Lin Xiaohong Xu Changsong Li Jianbo Xu Hanxiang Nie A case report of healthcare-associated psittacosis Journal of Infection in Developing Countries psittacosis healthcare-associated psittacosis human-to-human transmission endotracheal intubation |
| title | A case report of healthcare-associated psittacosis |
| title_full | A case report of healthcare-associated psittacosis |
| title_fullStr | A case report of healthcare-associated psittacosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | A case report of healthcare-associated psittacosis |
| title_short | A case report of healthcare-associated psittacosis |
| title_sort | case report of healthcare associated psittacosis |
| topic | psittacosis healthcare-associated psittacosis human-to-human transmission endotracheal intubation |
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