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Intestinal Cryptococcosis in a common marmoset ( Callithrix jacchus )
Author(s) -
JuanSallés Carles,
Marco Alberto,
Domingo Mariano
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0684.1998.tb00079.x
Subject(s) - callithrix , marmoset , pathology , enteritis , cryptococcosis , biology , medicine , gastroenterology , paleontology
A five‐year‐old female common marmoset ( Callithrix jacchus ) died after a one‐month clinical course of nonspecific signs. Pathologic findings were acute diffuse fibrinonecrotizing enteritis and granulomatous endolymphangitis of intestinal and mesenteric lymphatic vessels. Both lesions were associated with a marked proliferation of Mayer's mucicarmine‐positive, 4 to 15 μm yeasts that were surrounded by a wide clear halo. The infection was probably acquired by oral route. Other findings included moderate multifocal granulomatous and necrotizing hepatitis and mesangial nephropathy. Although the immunological status of this marmoset was unknown, cryptococcosis might induce primary lethal intestinal infections in callitrichids.