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Bacterial endocarditis with obstruction of the right atrioventricular orifice and the pulmonary outflow trace in an African monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops).
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  416298     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A 7 to 8-year-old male African green monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) was found moribund in his cage. Fluid and antibiotic therapy were administered, but the monkey dies 2 hours later. At necropsy, large septic mural thrombi obstructed the right atrioventricular orifice and the pulmonary outflow tract, and smaller septic thrombi were attached to the leaflets of the pulmonary and mitral valves. Staphylococci were isolated from the large thrombus occluding the atrioventricular orifice. Large abscesses were present in the upper and lower lobes of the right lung, and small, wedge shaped infarcts were present in the lungs and kidneys. The clinical and pathologic findings were consistent with a rapidly progressive form of bacterial endocarditis. This was the only case of vegetative bacterial endocarditis seen at this instituion in 700 necropsies of nonhuman primates.
Authors:
L L Wood; M G Bond; B C Bullock
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Laboratory animal science     Volume:  28     ISSN:  0023-6764     ISO Abbreviation:  Lab. Anim. Sci.     Publication Date:  1978 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1978-05-24     Completed Date:  1978-05-24     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  1266503     Medline TA:  Lab Anim Sci     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  85-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cercopithecus*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / pathology,  veterinary*
Haplorhini
Heart Atria / pathology
Heart Diseases / pathology,  veterinary*
Heart Ventricles / pathology
Male
Monkey Diseases* / pathology
Pulmonary Valve / pathology
Staphylococcal Infections / pathology,  veterinary
Thrombosis / pathology,  veterinary*

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