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Psitacose

Last reviewed: 13 Feb 2025
Last updated: 29 Apr 2021

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
  • cefaleia
  • tosse
  • faringite
  • estertores
  • taquipneia
  • faringite
  • conjuntivite
  • hepatomegalia
  • confusão
  • taquicardia
  • esplenomegalia
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Risk factors

  • exposição a aves e mamíferos infectados
  • crianças pequenas
  • idosos
  • imunocomprometido
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Diagnostic investigations

1st investigations to order

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

  • sorologia
  • cultura
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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

Senior Scientist

Center for Immunobiology and Vaccine Development

Professor of Medicine

University of California at San Francisco and Berkeley

Faculty, the UC Berkeley - UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering

Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute

Oakland

CA

Disclosures

DD is an author of some references cited in this topic.

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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