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Two cases of cryptococcus gattii infection in the rhesus macaque (Macaca Mulatta)

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Cryptococcus gattii was diagnosed in two female indoor‐housed rhesus macaques. Gross and histopathologic findings included an isolated pulmonary cryptococcoma in a non‐SIV‐infected macaque and disseminated disease centered on the lungs… Click to show full abstract

Cryptococcus gattii was diagnosed in two female indoor‐housed rhesus macaques. Gross and histopathologic findings included an isolated pulmonary cryptococcoma in a non‐SIV‐infected macaque and disseminated disease centered on the lungs of an SIV‐infected macaque. Fungal yeast were positive with special stains, and the diagnoses were confirmed with a lateral flow assay and PCR.

Keywords: rhesus; gattii infection; cryptococcus gattii; two cases; macaque; cases cryptococcus

Journal Title: Journal of Medical Primatology
Year Published: 2020

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