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Psitacose

Evidence last reviewed: 16 Sep 2026
Topic last updated: 10 Jun 2026

Summary

Definition

History and exam

Key diagnostic factors

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • doença em outros membros da família
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Other diagnostic factors

  • febre
  • mal-estar
  • mialgia
  • cefaleia
  • tosse
  • faringite
  • estertores
  • taquipneia
  • faringite
  • conjuntivite
  • sintomas gastrointestinais
  • erupção cutânea
  • hepatomegalia
  • confusão
  • taquicardia
  • esplenomegalia
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Risk factors

  • exposição a aves e mamíferos infectados
  • exposição a pessoas infectadas
  • crianças pequenas
  • idosos
  • imunocomprometido
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Diagnostic tests

1st tests to order

  • contagem de leucócitos com diferencial
  • testes da função hepática
  • reação em cadeia da polimerase
  • radiografia torácica
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Tests to consider

  • sorologia
  • cultura
  • sequenciamento metagenômico de nova geração (mNGS)
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Treatment algorithm

ACUTE

crianças ≥8 anos de idade e adultos não gestantes

crianças <8 anos de idade e gestantes

Contributors

Authors

Deborah Dean, MD, MPH
Deborah Dean

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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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

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