Clinical Variations in the Diagnosis of Psittacosis

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Abstract
SINCE the relaxation of regulations governing the transportation and sale of psittacine birds in December, 1951, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of human infections with psittacosis virus.1 2 3 4 5 Recognition of these infections requires an awareness of the importance of avian contact and knowledge of the clinical characteristics of psittacosis. Excellent summaries of the clinical and epidemiologic features of psittacosis are available in a number of textbooks and articles,6 7 8 so that an extensive review of the disease is unnecessary. Certain problems in diagnosis and treatment, however, deserve continued emphasis.The clinical manifestations of psittacosis are extremely variable. Infection . . .
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