Infection · UKMLA & AKT
Psittacosis (Ornithosis)
A free high-yield preview for the UKMLA Applied Knowledge Test, covering how to recognise this condition. The full SA Note notes add investigations, management and complications, with practice questions on this topic.
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- Psittacosis is a zoonotic atypical pneumonia caused by Chlamydia psittaci, an obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacterium transmitted by inhalation of dried aerosols from infected bird faeces, feathers, or secretions. Any bird species can transmit it (hence ornithosis).
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