| We describe a 38-year-old man suffering from serologically confirmed psittacosis. |
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| Exposure to the dust from nesting material and dried droppings can cause psittacosis, a respiratory disorder. |
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| Sheep and deer ticks can transmit Lyme disease and tick-borne encephalitis, and seabird ticks can carry psittacosis. |
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| One species, C. psittaci, causes psittacosis, a respiratory infection transmitted from birds to people. |
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| Though some birds with psittacosis don't display any signs or symptoms, others lose feathers or change their eating habits. |
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| Several screening tests are available for the detection of psittacosis or parrot fever. |
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| Notable exceptions are ornithosis psittacosis, or parrot fever, a serious and sometimes fatal disease resembling viral pneumonia. |
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| The treatment of psittacosis involves good nursing support in critical cases and immediate placement on appropriate antibiotics. |
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| Some commercial cockatiel operations have had problems with enzootic psittacosis. |
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| Several other pneumonias can mimic it, such as a close cousin TWAR, psittacosis, Q fever, adenovirus 3 and 4, influenza A or B, legionella and respiratory syncytial virus. |
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| The probability that a pneumonic illness in a budgerigar owner is due to psittacosis increases when the patient says that a pet bird has recently died. |
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| In humans psittacosis may cause high fever and pneumonia. |
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| Conures are prone to salmonella and psittacosis, which can cause fatal pneumonia. |
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| If your own pet parrot is diagnosed with psittacosis, you will also find it much simpler to complete the treatment if you can switch to medicated pellets after initial direct medications. |
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| How can a parrot owner avoid psittacosis problems? |
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| Some germs the causative agents of anthrax and tetanus, of Q fever, brucellosis, and psittacosis, for example can live for long periods dried in dust. |
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| In the early 1930s the importation and sale of parrots in the United States was drastically curtailed when psittacosis, or parrot fever, was traced to the birds. |
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| The more serious-minded may point an accusing finger towards the infectious parrot disease psittacosis that can cause a serious form of pneumonia in humans. |
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