Paracoccidioidomycosis (South American blastomycosis) in a squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)

Vet Pathol. 1977 Jul;14(4):368-71. doi: 10.1177/030098587701400408.

Abstract

A female squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus) had granulomatous lesions in the liver and colon. There were many fungal organisms in sections of liver and many of these organisms had multiple buds on their surface. Although we did not prepare fungal cultures, the appearance of the organisms was sufficient to identify them as Paracoccidiodes brasiliensis, the cause of paracoccidioidomycosis (South American blastomycosis).

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Female
  • Haplorhini*
  • Liver / pathology
  • Monkey Diseases / pathology*
  • Paracoccidioidomycosis / pathology
  • Paracoccidioidomycosis / veterinary*
  • Saimiri*
  • Stomach / pathology
  • Stomach Ulcer / pathology
  • Stomach Ulcer / veterinary