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PRIOSTE et al. Pneumonia em Callithrix jacchus.

Miranda, JMD & Hirano, ZMB (Eds.)
A Primatologia no Brasil. Vol. 12
Curitiba: UFPR/SBPr, 2011
ISBN: 978-85-61048-01-3

CAPÍTULO 24
Pneumonia por Escherichia coli em sagüi do tufo branco,
Callithrix jacchus (Linnaeus 1758)
Fabiola E. S. Prioste1; Rodrigo H. F. Teixeira2; Rosely M. Gioia-DiChiacchio3
1

M.V. Mestranda da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Universidade de
São Paulo, São Paulo SP, Brasil. Autor correspondente: Fabiola E.S. Prioste. E-mail: [e-mail] 2
M.V., MSc. Parque Zoológico Municipal Quinzinho de Barros, São Paulo SP, Brasil.
3
Profa M.V. da Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade Paulista e
Universidade do Grande ABC, São Paulo SP, Brasil.

ABSTRACT. Pneumonia by Esacherichia coli in common marmoset
Callithrix jacchus (Linnaeus, 1758). This case report refers to a 59 days-old female Common Marmoset Callithrix jacchus (Linnaeus, 1758) from a commercial breeder. The animal showed apathy, hyporexia, hoarseness in vocalizations, and sneezing for five days. Physical exam identified loud lung rattles and uncountable heart rate. Thoracic radiography revealed opacification of the lungs compatible with interstitial pneumonia. Nasal aspirates was collected and submitted to bacterial culture and antimicrobial sensitivity testing.
Support therapy was implemented with Amoxicillin (Amoxil® suspensão oral,
GlaxoSmithKline, Brazil), Acetilcistein for inalation (Fluimicil®, Zambom,
Brasil) and a unique dose of Dexamethasone (Azium®, Schering-Plough,
Brasil), but the animal progressed in 3 days to acute respiratory insufficiency followed by cardiorespiratory arrest and death. Lung edema was noted at necropsy. Escherichia coli was purely isolated in high concetrations from the nasal aspirates, no other bacteria was present; the strain was resistant to cephalothin and ampicillin. Pneumonia associated with E. coli in primates is generally rare;