BLASTOCYSTIS-HOMINIS IN A PIG-TAILED MACAQUE - A POTENTIAL ENTERIC PATHOGEN FOR NONHUMAN-PRIMATES
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 30 (5) , 890-894
Abstract
Large numbers of B. hominis were found in fecal samples from a pig-tailed macaque with chronic diarrhea that was refractory to conventional therapy. The animal''s condition improved and fecal samples showed minimal numbers of B. hominis following therapy with an antiprotozoal agent. This organism, recently reclassified as a protozoa, appeared to be causally related to the diarrhea. The cytologic and ultrastructural features of the monkey Blastocystis were comparable to those reported for similar organisms from man.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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