Lethal acute diarrhea associated with Clostridioides difficile toxin A and B in a buffy-tufted-ear marmoset (Callithrix aurita)

Abstract

This is a case of lethal acute diarrhea associated with a mild neutrophilic enteritis in a buffy-tufted-ear marmoset (Callithrix aurita) with detection of A/B toxins and isolation of a toxigenic clade 3 Clostridioides difficile strain (A⁺ B⁺ CDT⁺ , ST5), which should be considered as a potential cause of enteritis in this species.

Keywords: ELISA; enteritis; neotropical primates; toxin.