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Spontaneous Waterhouse–Friderichsen syndrome in a gang‐housed baboon
Author(s) -
Cary M.,
Kosanke S.,
White G.
Publication year - 2001
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.1600-0684.2001.tb00008.x
Subject(s) - baboon , sepsis , systemic circulation , shock (circulatory) , medicine , cause of death , immunology , disease
Waterhouse–Friderichsen syndrome can cause acute death in the baboon without specific signs. Furthermore, this syndrome could result from stress‐related intestinal permeability changes that allow macromolecules and/or microbiological entities to enter the systemic circulation. The resulting sepsis could cause adrenocortical insufficiency, hypotension and shock leading to death.