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A case report of spontaneous staphylococcal meningitis in a cynomolgus monkey |
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| Authors: | Zhi Lin Lu Zhang Di Zhang Guitao Huo Xiaobing Zhou Yan‐wei Yang Yan Huo Bo Li Xing‐chao Geng |
| Institution: | 1. National Institute for Food and Drug Control, National Center for Safety Evaluation of Drugs, Beijing Key Lab for Pre‐clinical Safety Evaluation of Drugs, Beijing, China;2. Key Laboratory of Digital Earth Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China |
| Abstract: | This report describes a suppurative meningitis in a young cynomolgus. The animal had neutrophil aggregation in the subarachnoid space and hemorrhage in bilateral adrenal glands. Staphylococcus was identified by FISH in brain. To our knowledge, this is the first case of staphylococcal meningitis with Waterhouse‐Friderichsen syndrome in a cynomolgus monkey. |
| Keywords: | bacterial diseases nonhuman primates Waterhouse‐Friderichsen syndrome |