Division of Comparative Medicine, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, Oregon, USA.
Division of Neuroscience, Oregon National Primate Research Center, Beaverton, Oregon, USA.
J Med Primatol. 2024 Oct;53(5):e12733. doi: 10.1111/jmp.12733.
An adult female rhesus macaque presented during routine annual physical examination for evaluation of a 2.5-cm diameter superficial ulcerated dermal lesion that was subsequently diagnosed as a systemic fungal infection caused by Cryptococcus gattii. Cryptococcus gattii is one of several basidiomycetic yeasts responsible for pulmonary, neurologic, and disseminated infections in humans and animals. This report describes the diagnosis, management, and clinical resolution of a C. gattii infection in an immunocompetent 5-year-old female rhesus macaque.
一只成年雌性恒河猴在例行年度体检中出现,其目的是评估一个直径为 2.5 厘米的表面溃疡性真皮病变,随后被诊断为系统性真菌感染,由新型隐球菌引起。新型隐球菌是几种担子菌酵母之一,可导致人类和动物的肺部、神经和播散性感染。本报告描述了一例免疫功能正常的 5 岁雌性恒河猴新型隐球菌感染的诊断、治疗和临床缓解。