Pregnancy combined with severe pneumonia caused by Chlamydia psittaci infection — a case report

Gestational psittacosis causes severe pneumonia and miscarriage: A case report and literature review

“…Psittacosis patients can present clinically in a variety of ways, such as subclinical illness or flu-like symptoms (mild parrot fever), pneumonia (moderate parrot fever), severe pneumonia (severe parrot fever), or severe pneumonia coupled with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (fulminant parrot fever) [15] . These clinical signs are similar with recent reports of prenatal psittacosis as well as our case, with 1 patient developing hemophilic syndrome, which ultimately led to maternal and fetal mortality [16] , [17] . As the illness advanced, the patient's shortness of breath, cough, serious pneumonia, and multiorgan failure appeared.…”