Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of psittacosis among cases with complicated or atypical pulmonary infection using metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a multi-center observational study in China

Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of psittacosis among cases with complicated or atypical pulmonary infection using metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a multi-center observational study in China

Abstract Background Chlamydia psittaci (C. psittaci) causes parrot fever in humans. Development of metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) enables the identification of C. psittaci. Methods This study aimed to determine the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of parrot fever cases in...

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Main Authors: Weifeng Huang, Fengge Wang, Qingqing Cai, Huiliang Xu, Dengwei Hong, Han Wu, Lu Zhou, Linjie Hu, Yihan Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-09-01
Series:Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials
Subjects:
Psittacosis
Parrot fever
Metagenomic next-generation sequencing
Pulmonary infection
Epidemiology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12941-023-00631-w

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12941-023-00631-w

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