Myeloencephalitis associated with a viridans group Streptococcus in a colony of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata)

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-103

  Lair, S ^b   Chapais, B ^b   Higgins, R ^b   Mirkovic, R ^b   Martineau, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacterial diseases; Encephalitis; Infarction; Japanese macaque; Macaca fuscata; Myeloencephalitis; Nervous system; Primates; Streptococcus viridans

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MACACA; MACACA FUSCATA; PRIMATES; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS VIRIDANS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ENROFLOXACIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MACACA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MONKEY DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CEREBELLUM; ENCEPHALITIS; FEMALE; FLUOROQUINOLONES; MACACA; MALE; MONKEY DISEASES; QUINOLONES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029682044     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030098589603300116     Document Type: Article

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