Abstract
As a result of epidemic outbreaks of psitacosis-ornithosis we tried to establish the clinical-epidemiological-laboratory paralelism. Specific techniques employed were: Complement Fixation and LCL corpuscles search in respiratory secretations and blood (applied for the first time to psitacosis diagnosis on human beings).
Forty-four patients were assisted,13 of whom were children.
Clinical types are classified as: a) Non-apparent or non-symptomatic, b) Minor: rhinal-sinusitis; bronchopulmonary, c) Common or Influenzal pneumonitis, d) Serious: Diffuse dyspnoeic pneumonitis; pseudolobar pneumonitis with sanguinolent sputum; meningoencephalitis.
Thirty per cent of the children showed morbilliform exanthema. Eight out of the 13 affected children had a positive complement fixation (> 1/8) and 10 had positive LCL corpuscles in respiratory secretations.
The systematic study of LCL corpuscles, in serial samples is considered most useful, due to:
1- It is an easy technique.
2- The results are obtained within 24 hours.
3- Corpuscles are not rendered negative with the start of a specific therapy with tetracyclines.
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Cecchini, E., Drut, R. & González, A. 57 PSITACOSIS IN CHILDREN, OUR EXPERIENCE. PARAMETERS OF DIAGNOSIS. Pediatr Res 15, 192 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198102000-00114
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1203/00006450-198102000-00114