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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aditya Govindavarjhulla, M.B.B.S. [2]

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Microscopically they have patchy consolidation.
Microscopically exudation and interstitial changes are seen.
They are best seen with Giemsa stain as inclusions called Leventhal -Colle-Lillie bodies and can be seen within macrophages in BAL fluid.

Microbiological cultures from respiratory secretions.
Culture of Chlamydia psittaci is hazardous and should only be carried out in bio safety laboratories.
It is tedious process and seldom done .

A fourfold or greater increase in antibody titers are against the diagnosis of C. psittaci in blood samples combined with the probable course of the disease.