Mammaliicoccus (Staphylococcus) sciuri-induced suppurative meningoencephalitis and bacteremia in an infant western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla).
Thaynara Parente de CarvalhoLarissa Giannini Alves MoreiraAndré Duarte VieiraLaice Alves da SilvaClarissa Helena SantanaDaniel Oliveira Dos SantosAyisa Rodrigues de OliveiraHerlandes Penha TinocoCarlyle Mendes CoelhoRafael Gariglio Clark XavierRodrigo Otavio Silveira SilvaTatiane Alves da PaixãoRenato de Lima SantosPublished in: Journal of medical primatology (2022)
Mammaliicoccus (Staphylococcus) sciuri has been rarely associated with infections and sepsis in humans. A 3-month-old male western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla), born under human care, died after a traumatic event. Histologic, microbiologic, and molecular findings in postmortem demonstrated a suppurative meningoencephalitis and bacteremia associated with M. sciuri infection.