Chlamydophila psittaci

Paul G. Auwaerter, M.D.

Chlamydophila psittaci is a topic covered in the Johns Hopkins ABX Guide.

To view the entire topic, please log in or purchase a subscription.

Pediatrics Central™ is an all-in-one application that puts valuable medical information, via your mobile device or the web, in the hands of clinicians treating infants, children, and adolescents. Explore these free sample topics:

-- The first section of this topic is shown below --

MICROBIOLOGY

May appear Gram negative, spherical, (0.4-0.6 microns in diameter), an intracellular bacteria.
Agent of endemic avian chlamydiosis and epizootic outbreaks in mammals.
Typical epidemiology: birds excrete infectious organisms in discharge from eyes, beaks, excrement.

-- To view the remaining sections of this topic, please log in or purchase a subscription --

MICROBIOLOGY

May appear Gram negative, spherical, (0.4-0.6 microns in diameter), an intracellular bacteria.
Agent of endemic avian chlamydiosis and epizootic outbreaks in mammals.
Typical epidemiology: birds excrete infectious organisms in discharge from eyes, beaks, excrement.

There's more to see -- the rest of this entry is available only to subscribers.