{"id":2522,"date":"2009-03-05T18:40:13","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T18:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/infpsittacosis\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T19:10:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T19:10:51","slug":"infpsittacosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/infpsittacosis\/","title":{"rendered":"CDC Diagnostic Criteria for Psittacosis (Ornithosis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"99c380e4b4a7b96c35d7ddf7dcb434e8\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MC 2019- Horizontal -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0127150553352455\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3806776041\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"Section1\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>1996 Case Definition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Clinical description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">An illness characterized by fever, chills, headache, photophobia, cough, and myalgia<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Laboratory criteria for diagnosis<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Isolation of Chlamydia psittaci from respiratory secretions, or<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Fourfold or greater increase in antibody against C. psittaci by complement fixation (CF) or microimmunofluorescence (MIF) to a reciprocal titer of greater than or equal to 32 between paired acute- and convalescent-phase serum specimens, or<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Presence of immunoglobulin M antibody against C. psittaci by MIF to a reciprocal titer of greater than or equal to 16<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Case classification<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Probable:<\/strong> a clinically compatible case that is epidemiologically linked to a confirmed case or that has supportive serology (e.g., C. psittaci titer of greater than or equal to 32 in one or more serum specimens obtained after onset of symptoms)<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Confirmed:<\/strong> a clinically compatible case that is laboratory confirmed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Comment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The serologic findings by CF also may occur as a result of infection with Chlamydia pneumoniae or Chlamydia trachomatis. The MIF might be more specific for infection with C. psittaci, but experience with and availability of this newer test are more limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-top: 0cm;\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Compendium of measures to control Chlamydia psittaci infection among humans (psittacosis) and pet birds (avian chlamydiosis), 2000. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 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