Psittacosis Pneumonia Features, Distinguishing Characteristics, and Outcomes: A Retrospective Study
Patients exposed to poultry should be alert to <i>Chlamydia psittaci</i> pneumonia. The application of NGS has improved the diagnostic accuracy of <i>C. psittaci</i> pneumonia, reduced unnecessary use of antibiotics, and shortened the course of disease. Patients who received tetracycline-based therapy showed a good prognosis.
Authors
- Yinyun Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6200-1429)
- Jie Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2948-3873)
- Jinnan Duan
- Yongchun Ruan
- Yiqing Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5286-7939)
- Yafeng Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1132-3433)
- Minghui Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3962-7591)
- Xiaojing Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4964-0960)
- Wei Gai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1016-4300)
Institutions
- Shaoxing People's Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection and Drug Resistance
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/idr.s482471
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.71