<i>Mammaliicoccus</i> (<i>Staphylococcus</i>) <i>sciuri</i>‐induced suppurative meningoencephalitis and bacteremia in an infant western lowland gorilla (<i>Gorilla gorilla gorilla</i>)
Thaynara Parente de Carvalho, Larissa Giannini Alves Moreira, André Duarte Vieira, Laice Alves da Silva, Clarissa Helena Santana, Daniel Oliveira dos Santos, Ayisa Rodrigues Oliveira, Herlandes Penha Tinoco, Carlyle Mendes Coelho, Rafael Gariglio Clark Xavier, Rodrigo Otávio Silveira Silva, Tatiane A. Paíxão, Renato L. Santos
Abstract
Mammaliicoccus (Staphylococcus) sciuri has been rarely associated with infections and sepsis in humans. A 3-month-old male western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), born under human care, died after a traumatic event. Histologic, microbiologic, and molecular findings in postmortem demonstrated a suppurative meningoencephalitis and bacteremia associated with M. sciuri infection.
Topics & Concepts
GorillaMeningoencephalitisBacteremiaMedicineBiologyVirologyMicrobiologyAntibioticsPaleontologyBacterial Infections and VaccinesStreptococcal Infections and TreatmentsAntimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus