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2008-05-05Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0684.2008.00287.x
Fatal ulcerative colitis in a western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla).
dc.contributor.authorLankester, Felix
dc.contributor.authorMätz-Rensing, Kerstin
dc.contributor.authorKiyang, J.
dc.contributor.authorJensen, Siv Aina
dc.contributor.authorWeiss, Sabrina
dc.contributor.authorLeendertz, Fabian
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-07T14:18:55Z
dc.date.available2018-05-07T14:18:55Z
dc.date.created2010-12-21
dc.date.issued2008-05-05none
dc.identifier.otherhttp://edoc.rki.de/oa/articles/rejpY6eOe1Vbg/PDF/21OXCoix8xq7I.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/780
dc.description.abstractA captive western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) presented with watery diarrhoea that progressed to become profuse and haemorrhagic. Faecal analyses revealed Balantidium (B.) coli trophozoites and salmonella-like bacteria. Despite treatment the gorilla died on the 5th day after onset of symptoms. Post-mortem examination revealed a severe erosive-ulcerative superficial and deep colitis. Histological examination of post-mortem samples of the colon showed plentiful B. coli invading into the mucosa and submucosa, whilst PCR screening of bacterial DNA could not confirm any bacteria species which could be connected to the clinical picture. As B. coli is usually a non-pathogenic gut commensal, and as this animal previously showed evidence of non-symptomatic infection of B. coli, it is possible that the switch in pathogenicity was triggered by an acute bacterial infection. Despite successful treatment of the bacterial infection the secondary deep invasion of B. coli was not reversed, possibly because of the failure of the treatment regimen, and led to the death of the gorilla.eng
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut, Infektionskrankheiten / Erreger
dc.subjectAnimalseng
dc.subjectFemaleeng
dc.subjectFatal Outcomeeng
dc.subjectAnti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic useeng
dc.subjectApe Diseases/microbiologyeng
dc.subjectGorilla gorillaeng
dc.subjectAntiprotozoal Agents/therapeutic useeng
dc.subjectApe Diseases/parasitologyeng
dc.subjectApe Diseases/pathologyeng
dc.subjectBalantidiasis/microbiologyeng
dc.subjectBalantidiasis/parasitologyeng
dc.subjectBalantidiasis/pathologyeng
dc.subjectBalantidiasis/veterinaryeng
dc.subjectBalantidium/growth & developmenteng
dc.subjectColitiseng
dc.subjectUlcerative/microbiologyeng
dc.subjectUlcerative/parasitologyeng
dc.subjectUlcerative/pathologyeng
dc.subjectUlcerative/veterinaryeng
dc.subjectFeces/parasitologyeng
dc.subjectHistocytochemistry/veterinaryeng
dc.subjectSalmonella Infectionseng
dc.subjectAnimal/parasitologyeng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin
dc.titleFatal ulcerative colitis in a western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla).
dc.typeperiodicalPart
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-10011976
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1600-0684.2008.00287.x
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/705
local.edoc.container-titleJournal of Medical Primatology
local.edoc.container-textLankester, F., Mätz-rensing, K., Kiyang, J., Jensen, S.A., Weiss, S., Leendertz, F.H. Fatal ulcerative colitis in a western lowland gorilla (gorilla gorilla gorilla) (2008) Journal of Medical Primatology, 37 (6), pp. 297-302.
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local.edoc.container-urlhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0684.2008.00287.x/abstract
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local.edoc.container-volume37
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