title: Hemorrhagic colitis associated with Salmonella enterica serotype Infantis infection in a captive western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in Brazil.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Enteric diseases are among the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in gorillas, and it is often caused by bacteria.
  
  
  METHODS
  A thirteen-year-old captive female western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) developed hemorrhagic diarrhea. Despite the treatment, the animal died 7 days after the onset of clinical signs. The animal was submitted to a thorough pathological and microbiological evaluation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Pathologic examination revealed a severe acute hemorrhagic colitis, neutrophilic splenitis, glomerulitis, and interstitial pneumonia. Salmonella enterica serotype Infantis was isolated from a mesenteric lymph node.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A diagnosis of hemorrhagic colitis associated with Salmonella enterica serotype Infantis was established.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tatiane A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Paixão
authors.forename: Marcelo C C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Malta
authors.forename: Semíramis A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Soave
authors.forename: Herlandes P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Tinoco
authors.forename: Maria E L T
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Angela T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Pessanha
authors.forename: Rodrigo O S
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Fernanda M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Coura
authors.forename: Luciana F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Andreia P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Turchetti
authors.forename: Francisco C F
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Lobato
authors.forename: Marilia M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.forename: Marcos B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Heinemann
authors.forename: Renato L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000836:Animals, Zoo; D018420:Ape Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001938:Brazil; D003092:Colitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006071:Gorilla gorilla; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D019779:Salmonella enterica / Q000302:isolation & purification*
keywords: Salmonella enterica serotype Infantis; hemorrhagic enteritis; primate; salmonellosis