A Rare Bird: Diagnosis of Psittacosis Meningitis by Clinical Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing
Kusha Davar, Michael R. Wilson, Steve Miller, Charles Y. Chiu, Tara Vijayan
Abstract
Abstract Psittacosis is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by the transmission of Chlamydia psittaci; it often presents as a pulmonary infection but rarely as disseminated disease. Because diagnoses of psittacosis are often underreported due to infrequent pathogen-specific testing, clinical metagenomic next-generation sequencing may be helpful to diagnose such an uncommon syndrome.
Topics & Concepts
PsittacosisMetagenomicsMedicineMeningitisDNA sequencingVirologyPathogenic organismComputational biologyMicrobiologyBiologyGeneticsPediatricsGeneBacterial Infections and VaccinesBird parasitology and diseasesVirology and Viral Diseases