Medical management of Toxoplasma meningitis in a white-throated capuchin (Cebus capucinus)

J Zoo Wildl Med. 2006 Sep;37(3):409-12. doi: 10.1638/05-058.1.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antiprotozoal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Cebus
  • Clindamycin / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Meningitis / drug therapy
  • Meningitis / veterinary*
  • Monkey Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Sulfamethoxazole / therapeutic use
  • Toxoplasmosis, Animal / drug therapy*
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antiprotozoal Agents
  • Clindamycin
  • Sulfamethoxazole