A Case of Intestinal Mucormycosis in a Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

Masahiko Yasuda
Takashi Inoue
Akira Takakura
Toshio Itoh

A 3-year-old female common marmoset was euthanatized because of wasting. Grossly, a perforating lesion was present in the jejunum and hemorrhagic lesions in the cecum and colon. Histopathologically, these gross lesions were a perforated jejunal ulcer and necrotizing colitis, respectively. Necrotizing colitis was characterized by extensive mucosa] necrosis along with numerous ribbon-shaped aseptate hyphae. These aseptate hyaline hyphae were positively stained with PAS and GMS, and reacted immunohistochemically with the antibody against the family Mucoraceae. This case was diagnosed as intestinal mucormycosis. This is the first report on mucormycosis in a common marmoset.

JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL SCIENCE

JAPAN SOC VET SCI

74

3

357

359

10.1292/jvms.10-0187

https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.10-0187
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22020147
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