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Man ends up in ICU after getting chlamydia from bird-feeding

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — An elderly man in the Netherlands ended up suffering serious pneumonia after being infected with a bacteria strain not previously reported in humans. According to a March 2025 research letter published by 'Emerging Infectious Diseases,' the patient was a healthy 74-year-old man living in a coastal town. He lived a 'socially withdrawn lifestyle,' but he regularly fed wild aquatic birds during the winter. Anna Paulina Luna responds to 'gross' headline claiming Trump offered his bed, asked to keep it secret from Melania Part of his feeding routine included hand-feeding, and he occasionally would get bird droppings on his clothing. Researchers said the patient was admitted to a hospital in the winter of 2021 after suffering from a fever of about 102 degrees Fahrenheit, confusion, and shortness of breath for four days. The letter noted that he was a nonsmoker and was vaccinated against influenza and COVID-19. Eventually, the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit as he went into respiratory failure, requiring him to be placed on a ventilator. After a series of tests, the doctors determined that the patient had been infected with Chlamydia abortus, a strain of chlamydia that is usually known for causing fetal death in mammals. It is different from Chlamydia trachomatis, which is the strain associated with sexually transmitted infections. Researchers said the DNA of the bacteria found in the patient showed that it was an avian strain of Chlamydia abortus previously seen in migratory seabirds in the polar regions. The patient began improving upon taking doxycycline, an antibiotic, and upon a one-year follow-up, the man was fully recovered. 'In conclusion, our findings confirm the zoonotic potential of avian C. abortus to cause severe community-acquired pneumonia in humans. Increased awareness is warranted to establish the occurrence, clinical manifestations, and global geographic distribution of that rare zoonotic disease,' the letter stated. 'We recommend molecular surveillance studies in wild and captive birds to evaluate sources of contamination of different avian C. abortus genotypes.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.