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.
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.
Authors: Karina J Kennedy; K H Carlos Chung; Francis J Bowden; Peter J Mews; Justin H T Pik; John W Fuller; K Nadana Chandran Journal: Surg Neurol Date: 2007-07