title: [Disseminated histoplasmosis in a dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas neglecta) kept in captivity conditions in Spain].
abstract: A 17 month old female gazelle dorca (Gazella dorcas neglecta), kept in captivity in a Spanish zoo, showed several symptoms of illness including fever, lethargy and behavioural changes. (X)-ray revealed ruminal "foreign bodies" and pneumonia with a nodular pattern. After surgical intervention, the animal died. At necropsy, histopathologic and microbiological findings were consistent with the diagnosis of disseminated histoplasmosis, with an inflammatory histological pattern associated with immunodepression in the animal, similar to those observed in patients with severe immunodeficiency (AIDS and others).
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Patología y Enfermedades Infecciosas, Málaga, y Centro de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Granada, España. iamalab@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fariñas
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Flores
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rodríguez
authors.forename: Trinidad
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sabalete
authors.forename: Miguel Angel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Quevedo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D000866:Antelopes / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary; D006321:Heart / Q000382:microbiology; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D013030:Spain; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000276:immunology; D014781:Viscera / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology