Kaleta E F, Krautwald-Junghanns M E, Redmann T
Institut für Geflügelkrankheiten, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen.
Tierarztl Prax Ausg K Kleintiere Heimtiere. 1998 Jul;26(4):295-301.
Psittacosis--induced by Chlamydia psittaci--occurs at present as individual cases but not any more as an endemic or epidemic disease. The diagnosis does not pose unsurmountable difficulties. The dominant sources of infection for men are--unlike in previous times--now budgerigars and cockatiels from domestic breeding sources but also--as far as it is known at all--different domestic mammals. A targeted therapy of diseases in humans and birds is successfully possible with chlortetracycline, doxycycline or fluoroquinolone-containing drugs. Therefore, government-imposed control measures focussing entirely on imported psittacines such as quarantine, long-term medication and possibly eradication of Chlamydia psittaci-positive psittacine birds are not essential any more. It is suggested that psittacosis in birds should not be a notifiable disease any longer. The derogation of mandatory treatment during quarantine is also recommended. Governmental control of psittacosis should be replaced by a privately organized eradication program by breeders.
鹦鹉热——由鹦鹉衣原体引起——目前以个别病例形式出现，不再作为一种地方病或流行病存在。诊断并不存在无法克服的困难。与过去不同，目前男性的主要感染源是来自家庭养殖的虎皮鹦鹉和鸡尾鹦鹉，但据了解，不同的家养哺乳动物也是感染源。使用金霉素、强力霉素或含氟喹诺酮类药物可以成功地对人和鸟类的疾病进行针对性治疗。因此，完全集中于进口鹦鹉的政府强制控制措施，如检疫、长期用药以及可能根除鹦鹉衣原体阳性的鹦鹉鸟类，已不再必要。建议鸟类的鹦鹉热不应再作为须上报的疾病。还建议取消检疫期间的强制治疗规定。政府对鹦鹉热的控制应由养殖者自行组织的根除计划取代。
