Patient's question:
The child has already started kindergarten and is very cute and intelligent. However, recently the child has been having frequent fevers, even high fevers, and medication hasn't helped much to reduce the temperature. Later, they went to the hospital for a urine test to see what was causing the issue. The doctor diagnosed it as Chlamydophila psittaci pneumonia, and the family is very worried.What kind of assistance is needed: Hello doctor, what causes Chlamydophila psittaci pneumonia?
Doctor's answer:
The cause of this disease is Chlamydophila psittaci, and parrots are the main source of transmission. This disease can be contracted through respiratory infection, direct spread of droplets, or indirect infection through contaminated industrial dust from excrement. The mechanism of onset involves birds infected with Chlamydophila psittaci typically affecting their intestines, and the pathogen is excreted outside the body through feces. Chlamydophila psittaci has strong resistance to the external environment and can survive for several months in dry bird droppings. The bird-to-human transmission method is through inhalation of aerosols via the respiratory tract.