Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia complicated with organizing pneumonia: A case report and literature review

Yidan Gao; Xiangbo Zhang; Jing Liu; Ling Gong; Gongying Chen; Xiang Zhou

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01584

Chlamydia psittaci pneumonia complicated with organizing pneumonia: A case report and literature review

IDCases. 2022 Aug 27:30:e01584. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01584. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Yidan Gao¹, Xiangbo Zhang¹, Jing Liu¹, Ling Gong¹, Gongying Chen¹, Xiang Zhou¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Hepatology, The Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Normal University, 310015 Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.

Abstract

A patient with pneumonia had a fever for 2 weeks. After the initial anti-infection treatment failed, he was diagnosed with C. psittaci pneumonia complicated with organizing pneumonia, through next-generation sequencing (mNGS) of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) and lung biopsy. He was treated with antibiotics and corticosteroids for 2 months.

Keywords: Chlamydia psittaci; Lung biopsy; Metagenomic next-generation sequencing; Organizing pneumonia; Treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports