Presence of Chlamydophila psittaci DNA in the Central Nervous System of a Patient with Status Epilepticus

GERNOT WALDER Institute of Hygiene and Social Medicine University of Innsbruck Zams

HANS SCHÖNHERR Department of Internal Medicine Hospital St. Vinzenz Zams

HELMUT HOTZEL Federal Institute for Consumer Protection and Veterinary Medicine Jena

CORNELIA SPETH Institute of Hygiene and Social Medicine University of Innsbruck Zams

ALBRECHT OEHME Institute of Microbiology Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

MANFRED P. DIERICH Institute of Hygiene and Social Medicine University of Innsbruck Zams

REINHARD WÜRZNER1 Institute of Hygiene and Social Medicine University of Innsbruck Zams

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Abstract

This study reports an extraordinarily severe and prolonged course of neuroornithosis with generalized status epilepticus as an initial symptom. Direct invasion of the central nervous system by Chlamydophila psittaci was confirmed by the demonstration of specific DNA in the patient's cerebrospinal fluid. The patient recovered slowly under administration of doxycycline.

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