Familial Cases of Psittacosis: Possible Person-to-person Transmission

Isao ITO; Tadashi ISHIDA; Michiaki MISHIMA; Makoto OSAWA; Machiko ARITA; Toru HASHIMOTO; Toshio KISHIMOTO

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.41.580

Isao ITO, Tadashi ISHIDA, Michiaki MISHIMA, Makoto OSAWA, Machiko ARITA, Toru HASHIMOTO, Toshio KISHIMOTO

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Keywords: ornithosis, Chlamydia psittaci, microplate immunofluorescence antibody technique, primary myelofibrosis, splenomegaly, computed tomography

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2002 Volume 41 Issue 7 Pages 580-583

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.41.580

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Abstract

A 29-year-old woman with primary myelofibrosis developed severe pneumonia, and 20 days later her 31-year-old sister also contracted pneumonia. The first patient had been in contact with parakeets but the second patient had not been in contact with any birds. Psittacosis was diagnosed in both cases by microplate immunofluorescence antibody technique. Person-to-person transmission between the sisters was suspected to have taken place.
(Intrenal Medicine 41: 580-583, 2002)

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