Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
National Reference Centre for Poultry and Rabbit Diseases, Institute of Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Swiss Med Wkly. 2022 Jan 11;152:w30102. doi: 10.4414/smw.2022.w30102. eCollection 2022 Jan 3.
Zoonotic species of the Chlamydiaceae family should be considered as rare pathogenic agents of severe atypical pneumonia. A fatal case of a severe pneumonia due to Chlamydia psittaci was traced back to pet birds, and pneumonia in a pregnant woman was attributed to abortions in a sheep and goat flock, being the source of Chlamydia abortus. The two SARS‑CoV‑2-negative pneumonia cases presented here were investigated in an inter-disciplinary approach involving physicians and veterinarians. State-of-art molecular methods allowed the identification and genotyping of zoonotic Chlamydiae.
衣原体科的动物源性病原体应被视为非典型性肺炎的罕见致病因子。鹦鹉热衣原体引起的致命性重症肺炎病例可追溯至宠物鸟，羊和山羊群中的衣原体流产造成的孕妇肺炎，被认为是衣原体流产的源头。这两个 2019 冠状病毒病检测呈阴性的肺炎病例，通过跨学科方法，由医生和兽医共同进行调查。最先进的分子方法能够鉴定和基因分型动物源衣原体。
