Pneumatosis intestinalis in an SIV-infected rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)

A L Johnson; K Van Rompay; J R Reader

doi:10.1111/jmp.12305

Pneumatosis intestinalis in an SIV-infected rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta)

J Med Primatol. 2017 Dec;46(6):368-371. doi: 10.1111/jmp.12305. Epub 2017 Aug 15.

Authors

A L Johnson^{1

2}, K Van Rompay¹, J R Reader¹

Affiliations

¹ California National Primate Research Center, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Service, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
² Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA.

Abstract

Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) has been described as an incidental finding in domestic animals and humans where it is associated with human immunodeficiency virus infection among other comorbidities. This report describes emphysematous changes consistent with PI in a simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-infected rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta).

Keywords: intestinal emphysema; non-human primate; pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Fatal Outcome
Macaca mulatta*
Male
Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / diagnostic imaging
Pneumatosis Cystoides Intestinalis / virology*
Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
Simian Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / virology
Simian Immunodeficiency Virus / physiology

Grants and funding

P51 OD011107/OD/NIH HHS/United States