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1 September 2006 MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF TOXOPLASMA MENINGITIS IN A WHITE-THROATED CAPUCHIN (CEBUS CAPUCINUS)
Christine V. Fiorello, Darryl J. Heard, Heidi L. Barnes Heller, Kathy Russell
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Abstract

A 32-yr-old white-throated capuchin monkey (Cebus capucinus) was presented for paraparesis. A diagnosis of protozoal meningitis was made on the basis of a lymphocytic pleocytosis with elevated protein in cerebrospinal fluid and a positive serum titer to Toxoplasma gondii of 131,072 using an indirect hemagglutination test. Treatment with clindamycin and trimethaprim-sulfamethoxazole resulted in improvement within 3 days and complete clinical resolution within 2 wk.

Christine V. Fiorello, Darryl J. Heard, Heidi L. Barnes Heller, and Kathy Russell "MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF TOXOPLASMA MENINGITIS IN A WHITE-THROATED CAPUCHIN (CEBUS CAPUCINUS)," Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 37(3), 409-412, (1 September 2006). https://doi.org/10.1638/05-058.1
Received: 12 June 2005; Published: 1 September 2006
KEYWORDS
capuchin monkey
Cebus capucinus
cerebral spinal fluid
MENINGITIS
Toxoplasma gondii
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