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Multisystemic abscesses in African green monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops) with invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae--identification of the hypermucoviscosity phenotype.
Veterinary pathology - 1 Mar 2008
Twenhafel N A, Whitehouse C A, Stevens E L, Hottel H E, Foster C D, Gamble S, Abbott S, Janda J M, Kreiselmeier N, Steele K E
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Invasive Klebsiella pneumoniae is an emerging disease of humans characterized by abscesses in the liver or other sites involving bacteria with the unique hypermucoviscosity phenotype. Over several months, 7 African green monkeys in our research colony developed abscess formation in multiple locations and succumbed to disease. K. pneumoniae was identified by bacterial culture in 6 monkeys and immunohistochemistry...
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