Spontaneous nocardial brain abscess in a juvenile rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta).
J Med Primatol
; 44(1): 45-8, 2015 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
A juvenile rhesus macaque presented with blindness, ataxia, and head tilt.METHODS:
Postmortem gross and microscopic examination, histochemical staining and bacterial culture were performed.RESULTS:
Nocardia sp. was identified as the etiologic agent of a primary pneumonia with secondary cerebral abscessation.CONCLUSIONS:
Nocardiosis should be a differential diagnosis for patients with neurologic disease.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Absceso Encefálico
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Enfermedades Pulmonares
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Macaca mulatta
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Enfermedades de los Monos
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Nocardiosis
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Med Primatol
Año:
2015
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos