Candida albicans-associated sepsis in a pre-term neonatal rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)

Heidi L Pecoraro; Melissa R Berg; Brandy L Dozier; Lauren Drew Martin; Cindy T McEvoy; Michael H Davies; Rebecca Ducore

doi:10.1111/jmp.12401

Candida albicans-associated sepsis in a pre-term neonatal rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)

J Med Primatol. 2019 Jun;48(3):186-188. doi: 10.1111/jmp.12401. Epub 2019 Feb 8.

Authors

Heidi L Pecoraro¹, Melissa R Berg¹, Brandy L Dozier¹, Lauren Drew Martin¹, Cindy T McEvoy², Michael H Davies³, Rebecca Ducore¹

Affiliations

¹ Oregon National Primate Research Center, Division of Comparative Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
² Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
³ Division of Neuroscience, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.

Abstract

Invasive Candida infections (ICI) have been associated with neurodevelopmental impairment or death in human pre-term neonates. Candidiasis in nonhuman primates is seen mostly in immunosuppressed animals, and ICI is not commonly reported. Here, we report a case of Candida albicans-associated ICI in a pre-term neonatal rhesus macaque.

Keywords: Candida albicans; continuous positive airway pressure; fungal sepsis; nonhuman primate.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Animals
Candidiasis, Invasive / microbiology
Candidiasis, Invasive / veterinary*
Macaca mulatta*
Male
Monkey Diseases / microbiology*
Sepsis / microbiology
Sepsis / veterinary*

Abstract

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