A Rare Bird: Diagnosis of Psittacosis Meningitis by Clinical Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing

Psittacosis is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by the transmission of Chlamydia psittaci; it often presents as a pulmonary infection but rarely as disseminated disease. Because diagnoses of psittacosis are often underreported due to infrequent pathogen-specific testing, clinical metagenomic next-generation sequencing may be helpful to diagnose such an uncommon syndrome.
Psittacosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the transmission of Chlamydia psittaci, which is often empirically treated and underreported. However, clinical metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) may be helpful to diagnose C psittaciinfections when presenting as an uncommon syndrome.