title: Necrotizing endometritis and isolation of an alpha-toxin producing strain of Clostridium septicum in a wild sooty mangabey from Côte d'Ivoire.
abstract: Few lethal pathogens in wild-living primates have been described, and little is known about infectious diseases of the reproductive tract and their possible impact on health and reproduction. This report describes the pathology and isolation of an alpha-toxin producing strain of Clostridium septicum in a case of necrotizing endometritis in a wild sooty mangabey found dead in a tropical rainforest of West Africa.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens- Biological Toxins (ZBS3), Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kirchner
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mätz-Rensing
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Dorner
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Leendertz
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Dorner
authors.forename: S A J
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Leendertz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D016665:Cercocebus atys; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D052557:Clostridium septicum / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D004716:Endometritis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D008992:Monkey Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D009336:Necrosis
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; C064270:hemolytic toxin, Clostridium septicum
keywords: Cercocebus atys; Clostridium septicum; rainforest