A case report of healthcare-associated psittacosis

Fei Deng; Qibin Lin; Xiaohong Xu; Changsong Li; Jianbo Xu; Hanxiang Nie

doi:10.3855/jidc.17241

A case report of healthcare-associated psittacosis

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Fei Deng Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Hanchuan People's Hospital of Hubei Province, Hanchuan, Hubei, China https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4361-0315
Qibin Lin Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6906-1325
Xiaohong Xu Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Hanchuan People's Hospital of Hubei Province, Hanchuan, Hubei, China
Changsong Li Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
Jianbo Xu Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Hanchuan People's Hospital of Hubei Province, Hanchuan, Hubei, China
Hanxiang Nie Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China

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https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.17241

Keywords:

psittacosis, healthcare-associated psittacosis, human-to-human transmission, endotracheal intubation

Abstract

Introduction: Psittacosis is a well-recognized zoonotic infectious disorder caused by Chlamydia psittaci (C. psittaci). Human-to-human transmission of C. psittaci has rarely been reported previously, especially in the case of healthcare-associated infections.

Case report: A 32-year-old man was admitted to the intensive care unit with severe pneumonia. An intensive care unit healthcare worker contracted pneumonia 7 days after performing endotracheal intubation on the patient. The first patient, a duck feeder, had been closely exposed to ducks, while the second patient had not been exposed to any birds, mammals or poultry. C. psittaci sequences were obtained by metagenomic next-generation sequencing analyses of bronchial alveolar lavage fluid of both the patients, and they were diagnosed with psittacosis. Therefore, healthcare-associated human-to-human transmission between both cases took place.

Conclusions: Our findings have implications for managing patients with suspected psittacosis. stringent protective measures are needed to prevent healthcare-associated human-to-human transmission of C. psittaci.

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2023-04-30

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Deng F, Lin Q, Xu X, Li C, Xu J, Nie H (2023) A case report of healthcare-associated psittacosis. J Infect Dev Ctries 17:571–577. doi: 10.3855/jidc.17241

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Vol. 17 No. 04: April 2023

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