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Chlamydia psittaci

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Chlamydia psit·ta·ci (st-s)
n.
A species of Chlamydia that causes psittacosis in humans and ornithosis, pneumonitis, abortion, encephalomyelitis, and enteritis in various animals.
Chlamydia psittaci
An organism related to bacteria that infects some types of birds and can be transmitted to humans to cause parrot fever.
Mentioned in: Parrot Fever
Chlamydia
a genus of bacteria in the family Chlamydiaceae previously comprising three species: C. trachomatis, C. pneumoniae and C. psittaci. Following reclassification in 1999, C. psittaci, C. pecorum and C. pneumoniae are now in the genus Chlamydophylia. C. trachomatis remains in the genus Chlamydia, but the mouse and swine strains previously included are now classified in two new species.
Chlamydia muridarum
associated with respiratory tract infections in mice and hamsters. Previously classified as C. psittaci.
Chlamydia psittaci
see C. muridarum, C. suis, Chlamydophila abortus, C. caviae, C. felis, C. pneumoniae, C. pecorum, and C. psittaci.
Chlamydia suis
associated with enteritis, pneumonia and conjunctivitis in pigs. Previously classified as C. psittaci.
Chlamydia psittaci
The agent that causes psittacosis, see there
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Chlamydophila psittaci in fulmars, the Faroe Islands by Olsen, Bjorn / Emerging Infectious Diseases
The cause of the painful infection is the Chlamydia psittaci, a minute organism that causes feline chlamydiosis, a highly infectious upper respiratory disease in cats that can be transmitted to humans.
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