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Spontaneous nocardial brain abscess in a juvenile rhesus macaque ( Macaca mulatta )
Author(s) -
Ferrecchia Christie E.,
Ducore Rebecca M.,
Colgin Lois M.A.,
Lewis Anne D.
Publication year - 2015
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.12153
Subject(s) - rhesus macaque , juvenile , macaque , abscess , brain abscess , biology , anatomy , medicine , neuroscience , virology , surgery , genetics
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.