Air sacculitis in three rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) and one Japanese macaque (M. fuscata) |
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| Authors: | Cassandra O. Cullin Lois M. A. Colgin Anne D. Lewis |
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| Affiliation: | Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, OR, USA |
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| Abstract: | Bacterial infection of the laryngeal air sacs (air sacculitis) is infrequently reported in nonhuman primates, where it leads to chronic respiratory disease. It is particularly uncommon in macaques; however, we report here suppurative air sacculitis with extension to adjacent cervical tissues in three rhesus macaques and one Japanese macaque. Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus sp., and an anaerobic bacterium were isolated. |
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| Keywords: | cervical abscess laryngeal air sac monkey nonhuman primate |
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