Literature DB >> 9732039

Disseminated coccidioidomycosis in a mandrill baboon (Mandrillus sphinx): a case report.

J H Johnson1, A M Wolf, J F Edwards, M A Walker, L Homco, J M Jensen, B R Simpson, L Taliaferro.   

Abstract

A case of disseminated coccidioidomycosis caused by a dimorphic fungus Coccidioides immitis in a mandrill baboon (Mandrillus sphinx) was diagnosed following radiography, ultrasound-guided aspiration of thoracic lesions, and aspiration cytology of skeletal lesions of the left sixth rib. The diagnosis was confirmed by fungal culture and serum quantitative immunodiffusion for antibodies against C. immitis.

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Year:  1998        PMID: 9732039

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Zoo Wildl Med        ISSN: 1042-7260            Impact factor:   0.776


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Review 1.  The habitat of Coccidioides spp. and the role of animals as reservoirs and disseminators in nature.

Authors:  María Del Rocío Reyes-Montes; María Ameyali Pérez-Huitrón; Jorge Luis Ocaña-Monroy; María Guadalupe Frías-De-León; Erick Martínez-Herrera; Roberto Arenas; Esperanza Duarte-Escalante
Journal:  BMC Infect Dis       Date:  2016-10-10       Impact factor: 3.090

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