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Fatal S treptococcus anginosus‐ associated pneumonia in a captive S umatran orangutan ( P ongo abelii)
Author(s) -
Ihms E.A.,
Daniels J.B.,
Koivisto C.S.,
Barrie M.T.,
Russell D.S.
Publication year - 2014
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/jmp.12085
Subject(s) - pneumonia , histopathology , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , pathology , 16s ribosomal rna , streptococcus anginosus , bacteria , medicine , streptococcus , genetics
Background Bacterial infections commonly affect the lungs and air sacs of orangutans; culture and identification is rarely performed and may have clinical relevance. Methods Necropsy, histopathology and bacterial culture were performend on a captive adult male Sumatran orangutan with chronic air sacculitis. Bacterial speciation was confirmed by sequencing of the 16s–23s ribosomal DNA spacer region. Results Necropsy revealed severe suppurative pneumonia. Moderate growth of S treptoccocus anginosus was recovered from the lungs. Conclusions This is the first report of S. anginosus as a cause of fatal suppurative pneumonia in a non‐human primate.