Medical management of Toxoplasma meningitis in a white-throated capuchin (Cebus capucinus).
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.
Fiorello
Christine V
CV
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610-0126, USA.
Heard
Darryl J
DJ
Heller
Heidi L Barnes
HL
Russell
Kathy
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D000818:Animals; D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002428:Cebus; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D008581:Meningitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014124:Toxoplasmosis, Animal / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000981:Antiprotozoal Agents; D002981:Clindamycin; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole