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1: Scand J Infect Dis. 2003;35(6-7):422-4.Links

A woman with a lobar infiltrate due to psittacosis detected by polymerase chain reaction.

Heddema ER, Kraan MC, Buys-Bergen HE, Smith HE, Wertheim-van Dillen PM.

Division of Clinical Virology, Academic Medical Centre/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. e.r.heddema@amc.uva.nl

This report presents a case of community-acquired pneumonia due to Chlamydia psittaci presenting with a lobar infiltrate and diagnosed by a newly developed ompA gene-based polymerase chain reaction (PCR). This gene encodes a specific C. psittaci major outer membrane protein. This kind of PCR could reduce antibiotic consumption and expedite outbreak management.

PMID: 12953962 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]