Department of Microbiology and Department of Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China.
State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2023 May 16;13:1185803. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1185803. eCollection 2023.
is the pathogen of psittacosis and infects a wide range of birds and even humans. Human infection occurs most commonly in those with a history of contact with birds or poultry. We describe a case of psittacosis in a human immunodeficiency virus infected patient in Zhejiang Province for the first time. infection was confirmed by nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Real-Time PCR. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the sequences from the patient's samples clustered with genotype A in the same branch. Our study highlights the possibility of diagnosing psittacosis in patients with a chronic disease such as HIV-infected patients, and should increase awareness and surveillance of psittacosis in China.
鹦鹉热衣原体是鹦鹉热的病原体，可感染多种鸟类，甚至人类。人类感染最常发生于有接触鸟类或家禽史者。我们首次在浙江省报告了一例人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）感染患者感染鹦鹉热衣原体。通过巢式聚合酶链反应（PCR）和实时 PCR 证实了感染。系统进化分析显示，患者样本中的序列与同一分支中的 A 基因型聚在一起。我们的研究提示对于 HIV 感染等慢性病患者，有诊断鹦鹉热的可能，应提高对我国鹦鹉热的认识和监测。
