title: Encephalitic listeriosis in two adult llamas (Lama glama): clinical presentations, lesions and immunofluorescence of Listeria monocytogenes in brainstem lesions.
abstract: Encephalitic listeriosis was diagnosed in 2 adult llamas. Both had a multifocal suppurative encephalitis with mixed lymphocytic and neutrophilic perivascular infiltrates. Listeria monocytogenes was cultured from the brain stem of 1 llama using cold enrichment techniques; the other llama was culture negative. Formalin-fixed and paraffin embedded sections of brainstem lesions from both affected animals were labeled with a fluorescein-conjugated, anti-L. monocytogenes antibody. Using this technique, intralesional L. monocytogenes were identified in both llamas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca 14853.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Butt
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weldon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Step
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Lahunta
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Huxtable
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002161:Camelids, New World; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008088:Listeriosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*