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Target Concepts:
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Query: UMLS:C0030305 (
pancreatitis
)
16,014
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Two patients died of
psittacosis
after presenting with generalised toxaemia, acute renal failure, and evidence of
pancreatitis
. Death was attributed to the virulence of the chlamydial strain and the delay in antemortem diagnosis. In one case Chlamydia psittaci was isolated from necropsy lung tissue. A third case of
psittacosis
suggested person-to-person or fomite spread, which is rarely reported. Infection was acquired from an apparently healthy, imported and quarantined cockatiel. Import restrictions on psittacines should thus be tightened and
psittacosis
should be made a notifiable disease.
...
PMID:Fulminant psittacosis. 8 4
