Meningoencefalite supurativa por Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis em cabra com linfadenite caseosa: relato de caso

• Main Author: Santarosa, Bianca Paola [UNESP]
• Publication Date: 2014
• Other Authors: Dantas, Gabriela Nascimento [UNESP], Amorim, Reneé Laufer [UNESP], Chiacchio, Simone Biagio [UNESP], Oliveira Filho, José Paes de [UNESP], Amorim, Rogério Martins [UNESP], Ribeiro, Márcio Garcia [UNESP], Gonçalves, Roberto Calderon [UNESP]
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Download full: http://www.fmvz.unesp.br/rvz/index.php/rvz/article/view/767; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/140560
• topic: Abscess; Brain; Cerebrospinal fluid; Small ruminants; Absceso; Cerebro; Líquido cefalorraquídeo; Pequeños rumiates; Abscesso; Encéfalo; Líquor; Pequenos ruminantes

Suppurative lesions in the central nervous system of small ruminants may be caused by Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis. This report describes a case of suppurative meningoencephalitis caused by C. pseudotuberculosis in goats treated in the Large Animal Clinic of FMVZ-UNESP/Botucatu, SP. The animal had anorexia, caseous lymphadenitis (CL), recumbency, opisthotonus, paddling movements and nystagmus. The CSF showed increased protein and lymphocytic pleocytosis. At necropsy there were localized abscess in the midbrain that after the microbiological culture, resulted in the isolation of C. pseudotuberculosis.