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Bird Excrement – fungus
ENTRY POINTS ▪ Histoplasmosis primarily affects the lungs. If symptoms do
Inhale into lungs or occur, is usually between 3 to 17 days after exposure and will
ingest by eating appear as flu like respiratory illness.
▪ Cryptococcus is an encapsulated fungus that also enters the
Diseases are funguses
body through the respiratory system. Once in the lungs for a
known as; period the organism will then spread through the blood stream
• Histoplasmosis, and can cause inflammation of the brain and its membranes.
Cryptococcus, and Cryptococcosis commonly causes meningitis but infection can
occur in other parts of the body.
Psittacosis.
▪ Psittacosis is caused by bacteria called chlamydia found in
When bird excrement is excrement of infected birds. Symptoms of Psittacosis generally
mild to moderate respiratory illness with pneumonia. Young
disturbed, and small
children, elderly and persons with compromised immune
particles become systems are most at risk.
airborne
▪ Gastrointestinal illness Bird Excrement can contain germs that
cause gastrointestinal illness with symptoms of nausea,
vomiting and diarrhea. Workers can be infected by
inadvertently swallowing germs via contaminated hands
