Summary
Definition
History and exam
Key diagnostic factors
- presença de fatores de risco
- doença em outros membros da família
Other diagnostic factors
- febre
- mal-estar
- mialgia
- cefaleia
- tosse
- faringite
- estertores
- taquipneia
- faringite
- conjuntivite
- sintomas gastrointestinais
- erupção cutânea
- hepatomegalia
- confusão
- taquicardia
- esplenomegalia
Risk factors
- exposição a aves e mamíferos infectados
- exposição a pessoas infectadas
- crianças pequenas
- idosos
- imunocomprometido
Diagnostic tests
1st tests to order
- contagem de leucócitos com diferencial
- testes da função hepática
- reação em cadeia da polimerase
- radiografia torácica
Tests to consider
- sorologia
- cultura
- sequenciamento metagenômico de nova geração (mNGS)
Treatment algorithm
crianças ≥8 anos de idade e adultos não gestantes
crianças <8 anos de idade e gestantes
Contributors
Authors
Deborah Dean, MD, MPH

Director Children’s Global Health Initiative
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Health
University of California at San Francisco School of Medicine
Member, UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health
Member, UCSF Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine (BCMM)
Affiliate Faculty, UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences
Core Faculty, the UC Berkeley - UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering
Oakland
CA
Disclosures
DD declares that she has no competing interests.
Peer reviewers
Servaas Morre, PhD
Head of Laboratory of Immunogenetics
VU University Medical Center
Department of Pathology
Laboratory of Immunogenetics
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Disclosures
SM declares that he has no competing interests.
William A. Petri, Jr., MD, PhD, FACP
Chief and Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville
VA
Disclosures
WAP declares that he has no competing interests.
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References
Key articles
National Association of State Public Health Veterinarians (NASPHV). Compendium of measures to control Chlamydia psittaci infection among humans (psittacosis) and pet birds (avian chlamydiosis). 2017 [internet publication].Full text
Reference articles
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