Díaz F, Collazos J
Service of Internal Medicine, Hospital de Galdakao, Vizcaya, Spain.
Scand J Infect Dis. 1997;29(1):93-4. doi: 10.3109/00365549709008673.
Chlamydia psittaci may rarely involve the heart as the only manifestation of the infection. We report a case of myopericarditis caused by this agent, whose pathogenesis seemed to be autoimmune damage triggered by the infection.
鹦鹉热衣原体作为感染的唯一表现,很少累及心脏。我们报告了1例由该病原体引起的心肌心包炎病例,其发病机制似乎是由感染引发的自身免疫损伤。