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Psitacose

Última revisão: 12 Aug 2025
Última atualização: 29 Apr 2021

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • presença de fatores de risco
  • doença em outros membros da família
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • febre
  • mal-estar
  • cefaleia
  • tosse
  • faringite
  • estertores
  • taquipneia
  • faringite
  • conjuntivite
  • hepatomegalia
  • confusão
  • taquicardia
  • esplenomegalia
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Fatores de risco

  • exposição a aves e mamíferos infectados
  • crianças pequenas
  • idosos
  • imunocomprometido
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • contagem de leucócitos com diferencial
  • testes da função hepática
  • reação em cadeia da polimerase
  • radiografia torácica
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Investigações a serem consideradas

  • sorologia
  • cultura
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Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

crianças ≥8 anos de idade e adultos não gestantes

crianças <8 anos de idade e gestantes

Colaboradores

Autores

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

Declarações

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

Revisores

Servaas Morre, PhD

Head of Laboratory of Immunogenetics

VU University Medical Center

Department of Pathology

Laboratory of Immunogenetics

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Declarações

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

Reference articles

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