Case Report: A case of Chlamydia psittaci infection in an HIV patient

• DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2023.1185803
• Publication Date: 2023-05-16T05:32:18Z
• Authors: Wenwu Yao; Xuhui Yang; Jinchuan Shi; Zhangnv Yang; Ying Yao; Jun Kou; Shelan Liu; Linbo Wang; Zhuoyin Wu; Guoxiang Shi; Hao Yan; Yajun Song
• Keywords: psittacosis; 0303 health sciences; 03 medical and health sciences; Cellular and Infection Microbiology; diagnosis; genotype; next-generation sequencing; Chlamydia psittaci; Microbiology; QR1-502

Chlamydia psittaci 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. C. psittaci 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.