A 10-yr-old male gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) with a history of conspecific bite wounds was evaluated for acute onset of depression, anorexia, and right hemiparesis. The animal was immobilized for diagnostic examination and treatment for suspected toxic shock from a necrotizing, emphysematous wound infection, but was euthanized due to complications during recovery. Gross and histopathologic examination revealed acute necrotizing myositis, fasciitis, cellulitis, and emphysema in the affected wound area, with large numbers of large Gram-positive rods among necrotic muscle fibers. Severe pulmonary edema with airways containing fibrin, acute hemorrhage in multiple body sites, thrombosis in blood vessels in the skeletal muscle, liver, and lung, and lymph node hyperplasia with lymphoid necrosis and hemorrhage. Immunohistochemical fluorescent antibody staining of muscle from the wound site was positive for Clostridium septicum.
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1 September 2005
CLOSTRIDIUM SEPTICUM MYOSITIS IN A WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA (GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA)
Deidre K. Fontenot,
Scott P. Terrell,
Michele Miller,
Patricia K. Robbins,
Mark Stetter,
Martha Weber
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Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Vol. 36 • No. 3
September 2005
Vol. 36 • No. 3
September 2005
Alpha toxin
clostridial myositis
Clostridium septicum
gas gangrene
gorilla
Gorilla gorilla gorilla