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==Overview==
==Overview==
Patients with psittacosis usually appear in significant [[respiratory distress]]. Physical examination of patients with psittacosis is usually remarkable for [[rose spots]] which can appear anywhere on the body and these are called Horder's spots. [[Splenomegaly]] is frequent toward the end of first week. Diagnosis can be suspected in case of [[respiratory infection]] associated with [[splenomegaly]] and/or [[epistaxis]].
Patients with psittacosis usually appear to be in significant [[respiratory distress]]. Physical examination of patients with psittacosis is usually remarkable for [[rose spots]] called Horder's spots that can appear anywhere on the body. [[Splenomegaly]] is frequent toward the end of the first week. Diagnosis can be suspected in case of [[respiratory infection]] associated with [[splenomegaly]] and/or [[epistaxis]].


==Physical Examination==
==Physical Examination==
===Appearance===
===Appearance===
* Patients with psittacosis usually appear in significant [[respiratory distress]].<ref name="pmid3343952">{{cite journal| author=Yung AP, Grayson ML| title=Psittacosis--a review of 135 cases. | journal=Med J Aust | year= 1988 | volume= 148 | issue= 5 | pages= 228-33 | pmid=3343952 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3343952  }} </ref>
* Patients with psittacosis usually appear to be in significant [[respiratory distress]].<ref name="pmid3343952">{{cite journal| author=Yung AP, Grayson ML| title=Psittacosis--a review of 135 cases. | journal=Med J Aust | year= 1988 | volume= 148 | issue= 5 | pages= 228-33 | pmid=3343952 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3343952  }} </ref>


===Vital Signs===
===Vital Signs===
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===Skin===
===Skin===
* '''Horder spots''' - [[macular]] [[Rash|rashes]] that resemble [[rose spots]] of [[typhoid]]. These appear over face.
* '''Horder spots''' - [[macular]] [[Rash|rashes]] that resemble the [[rose spots]] of [[typhoid]]. These appear on the face
* [[Erythema multiforme]] / [[erythema nodosum]] may be noticed<ref name="pmid8163836">{{cite journal| author=Macheta MP, Ackrill P, August PJ| title=Psittacosis, panniculitis and clofazimine. | journal=J Infect | year= 1994 | volume= 28 | issue= 1 | pages= 69-71 | pmid=8163836 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8163836  }} </ref>.
* [[Erythema multiforme]]/[[erythema nodosum]] may be noticed<ref name="pmid8163836">{{cite journal| author=Macheta MP, Ackrill P, August PJ| title=Psittacosis, panniculitis and clofazimine. | journal=J Infect | year= 1994 | volume= 28 | issue= 1 | pages= 69-71 | pmid=8163836 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=8163836  }} </ref>
=== Eyes ===
=== Eyes ===
* In case of [[hepatitis]], [[jaundice]] may be noticed.
* In the case of [[hepatitis]], [[jaundice]] may be noticed
* [[Conjunctivitis]] in a few cases<ref name="pmid9636859">{{cite journal| author=Lietman T, Brooks D, Moncada J, Schachter J, Dawson C, Dean D| title=Chronic follicular conjunctivitis associated with Chlamydia psittaci or Chlamydia pneumoniae. | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 1998 | volume= 26 | issue= 6 | pages= 1335-40 | pmid=9636859 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9636859  }} </ref>
* [[Conjunctivitis]] in present in a few cases<ref name="pmid9636859">{{cite journal| author=Lietman T, Brooks D, Moncada J, Schachter J, Dawson C, Dean D| title=Chronic follicular conjunctivitis associated with Chlamydia psittaci or Chlamydia pneumoniae. | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 1998 | volume= 26 | issue= 6 | pages= 1335-40 | pmid=9636859 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9636859  }} </ref>
===Throat ===
===Throat ===
* Pharyngeal exudates (rare)
* Pharyngeal exudates (rare)


=== Heart ===
=== Heart ===
* [[Bradycardia]] / [[tachycardia]]  
* [[Bradycardia]]/[[tachycardia]]  


=== Lungs ===
=== Lungs ===
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=== Extremities ===
=== Extremities ===
* [[Arthritis]] in a few cases.
* [[Arthritis]] in a few cases
=== Neurologic ===
=== Neurologic ===
* [[Confusion]]
* [[Confusion]]
* [[Seizure]]
* [[Seizure]]
 
* [[Cranial nerve palsy|Cranial nerve palsy]] of cranial nerves II, IV, VI and VII
* [[Cranial nerve palsy|Cranial nerves palsy]] II, IV, VI and VII


==References==
==References==
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{{reflist|2}}

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Overview

Patients with psittacosis usually appear to be in significant respiratory distress. Physical examination of patients with psittacosis is usually remarkable for rose spots called Horder's spots that can appear anywhere on the body. Splenomegaly is frequent toward the end of the first week. Diagnosis can be suspected in case of respiratory infection associated with splenomegaly and/or epistaxis.

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Throat

  • Pharyngeal exudates (rare)

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References

  1. Yung AP, Grayson ML (1988). "Psittacosis--a review of 135 cases". Med J Aust. 148 (5): 228–33. PMID 3343952.
  2. Macheta MP, Ackrill P, August PJ (1994). "Psittacosis, panniculitis and clofazimine". J Infect. 28 (1): 69–71. PMID 8163836.
  3. Lietman T, Brooks D, Moncada J, Schachter J, Dawson C, Dean D (1998). "Chronic follicular conjunctivitis associated with Chlamydia psittaci or Chlamydia pneumoniae". Clin Infect Dis. 26 (6): 1335–40. PMID 9636859.