A 32-yr-old white-throated capuchin monkey (Cebus capucinus) was presented for paraparesis. A diagnosis of protozoal meningitis was made on the basis of a lymphocytic pleocytosis with elevated protein in cerebrospinal fluid and a positive serum titer to Toxoplasma gondii of 131,072 using an indirect hemagglutination test. Treatment with clindamycin and trimethaprim-sulfamethoxazole resulted in improvement within 3 days and complete clinical resolution within 2 wk.
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1 September 2006
MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF TOXOPLASMA MENINGITIS IN A WHITE-THROATED CAPUCHIN (CEBUS CAPUCINUS)
Christine V. Fiorello,
Darryl J. Heard,
Heidi L. Barnes Heller,
Kathy Russell
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Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Vol. 37 • No. 3
September 2006
Vol. 37 • No. 3
September 2006
capuchin monkey
Cebus capucinus
cerebral spinal fluid
MENINGITIS
Toxoplasma gondii