Name
ORNITHOSIS
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
INFECTION CAUSED THROUGH BIRDS, ALSO CALLED AS PSITTACOSIS SEE PSITTACOSIS FOR DETAILSOTHER TESTS : * X-RAY CHEST - PNEUMONIC FEATURES, PATCHY OR CONFLUENT. * BLOOD TESTS - WBC : NORMAL OR DECRESED IN INITIAL STAGES BUT RAISED IN CONVALESCENCE. * URINE TRASIENT PROTEINURIA * CSF - SOMETIMES INCREASED MONONUCLEAR CELLS ONLY * LIVER FUNCTION TESTS - NORMAL OR MILDLY ELEVATED * ISOLATION OF ORGANISM IN SPUTUM, BRONCHIAL SECRETIONS OR BLOOD. * RISING TITER OF COMPLIMENT FIXATION ANTIBODY IN THE SERUM DONE BOTH IN ACUTE PHASE & CONVALESCENT PHASE SPECIMEN. * MICROIMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST - IF THERE IS DOUBT IN COMPLIMENT FIXATION TEST.
TYPENOTES
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
URINE ROUTINE, X-RAY CHEST P.A. VIEW( NORMAL ), COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, CSF EXAMINATION, SPUTUM FOR GRAM STAINING, SPUTUM FOR CULTURE & SENSTIVITY TEST, LIVER FUNCTION TEST