Isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from captive Ateles paniscus

Isolation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from captive Ateles paniscus

An adult female red-faced black spider monkey (Ateles paniscus), housed for 2 years in the Parque Estoril Zoo in São Paulo, Brazil, showed apathy. Clinical examination revealed discrete emaciation, swelling and induration of lymph nodes, and presence of a mass in the abdominal cavity. Therapies with...

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Published in:Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) Vol. 11; no. 5; p. 593
Main Authors: Rocha, Vivianne Cambuí Mesquita, Ikuta, Cássia Yumi, Gomes, Marcelo S, Quaglia, Fausto, Matushima, Eliana R, Ferreira Neto, José Soares
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States 01-05-2011
Subjects:
Animals
Animals, Zoo
Atelinae
Autopsy - veterinary
Brazil
Fatal Outcome
Female
Monkey Diseases - diagnosis
Monkey Diseases - microbiology
Mycobacterium tuberculosis - isolation & purification
Tuberculosis - diagnosis
Tuberculosis - veterinary
Brazil
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Summary:An adult female red-faced black spider monkey (Ateles paniscus), housed for 2 years in the Parque Estoril Zoo in São Paulo, Brazil, showed apathy. Clinical examination revealed discrete emaciation, swelling and induration of lymph nodes, and presence of a mass in the abdominal cavity. Therapies with enrofloxacin, azithromycin, and ceftiofur were ineffective. The animal died after 6 months. Necropsy and histopathology confirmed granulommas in lymph nodes, parietal and visceral pleura, lungs, liver, spleen, and kidneys. Acid-fast bacilli were isolated and identified as Mycobacterium tuberculosis by polymerase chain reaction restriction analysis and Spoligotyping techniques. The zoo personnel and other animals that had had contact with the infected primate were negative to tuberculosis diagnostic procedures, such as sputum exam (baciloscopy) and thorax radiography. It was impossible to determine whether the infection occurred before or after the arrival of the animal to the Parque Estoril Zoo. This is the first report of M. tuberculosis infection in Ateles paniscus, a neotropical primate.
ISSN:1557-7759
DOI:10.1089/vbz.2010.0070