Psittacosis

Alternate Name: Ornithosis

Test:

Specific antibody titre (FIT), blood or sputum cul-ture (+), WCC (N or L), ESR (H), U.protein (+)

Sign:

Dd:

Viral or bacterial pneumonia, TB, influenza, Q fe­ver, histoplasmosis, typhoid, brucellosis, infec­tious mononucleosis, hepatitis

Phys:

Infection by Chlamydia psittaci transmitted from birds