Successful Treatment of Cryptococcus gattii in an Immunocompetent Adult Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta).
Cryptococcus
Cryptococcus gattii
Macaca mulatta
cryptococcosis
disseminated fungal
fungal infection
macaca
Journal
Journal of medical primatology
ISSN: 1600-0684
Titre abrégé: J Med Primatol
Pays: Denmark
ID NLM: 0320626
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2024
Oct 2024
Historique:
revised:
06
08
2024
received:
19
06
2024
accepted:
19
08
2024
medline:
9
9
2024
pubmed:
9
9
2024
entrez:
9
9
2024
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
An adult female rhesus macaque presented during routine annual physical examination for evaluation of a 2.5-cm diameter superficial ulcerated dermal lesion that was subsequently diagnosed as a systemic fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus gattii. Cryptococcus gattii is one of several basidiomycetic yeasts responsible for pulmonary, neurologic, and disseminated infections in humans and animals. This report describes the diagnosis, management, and clinical resolution of a C. gattii infection in an immunocompetent 5-year-old female rhesus macaque.
Substances chimiques
Antifungal Agents
0
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e12733Informations de copyright
© 2024 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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