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dc.contributor.authorHogerwerf, L
dc.contributor.authorDe Gier, B
dc.contributor.authorBaan, B
dc.contributor.authorVan Der Hoek, W
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-08T13:28:42Z
dc.date.available2018-03-08T13:28:42Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationChlamydia psittaci (psittacosis) as a cause of community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. 2017, 145 (15):3096-3105 Epidemiol. Infect.en
dc.identifier.issn1469-4409
dc.identifier.pmid28946931
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0950268817002060
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10029/621583
dc.description.abstractPsittacosis is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by the transmission of the bacterium Chlamydia psittaci from birds to humans. Infections in humans mainly present as community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). However, most cases of CAP are treated without diagnostic testing, and the importance of C. psittaci infection as a cause of CAP is therefore unclear. In this meta-analysis of published CAP-aetiological studies, we estimate the proportion of CAP caused by C. psittaci infection. The databases MEDLINE and Embase were systematically searched for relevant studies published from 1986 onwards. Only studies that consisted of 100 patients or more were included. In total, 57 studies were selected for the meta-analysis. C. psittaci was the causative pathogen in 1·03% (95% CI 0·79-1·30) of all CAP cases from the included studies combined, with a range between studies from 0 to 6·7%. For burden of disease estimates, it is a reasonable assumption that 1% of incident cases of CAP are caused by psittacosis.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen
dc.subject.meshChlamydophila psittaci
dc.subject.meshCommunity-Acquired Infections
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshPneumonia, Bacterial
dc.subject.meshPsittacosis
dc.titleChlamydia psittaci (psittacosis) as a cause of community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.journalEpidemiol Infect 2017; 145(15):3096-105en
html.description.abstractPsittacosis is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by the transmission of the bacterium Chlamydia psittaci from birds to humans. Infections in humans mainly present as community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). However, most cases of CAP are treated without diagnostic testing, and the importance of C. psittaci infection as a cause of CAP is therefore unclear. In this meta-analysis of published CAP-aetiological studies, we estimate the proportion of CAP caused by C. psittaci infection. The databases MEDLINE and Embase were systematically searched for relevant studies published from 1986 onwards. Only studies that consisted of 100 patients or more were included. In total, 57 studies were selected for the meta-analysis. C. psittaci was the causative pathogen in 1·03% (95% CI 0·79-1·30) of all CAP cases from the included studies combined, with a range between studies from 0 to 6·7%. For burden of disease estimates, it is a reasonable assumption that 1% of incident cases of CAP are caused by psittacosis.


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