CONCERNING AN EPIZOOTIC DUE TO THE MALASSEZ AND VIGNAL BACILLUS (PASTEURELLA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS) IN THE MONKEY,
Abstract
Infection in a monkey by the Malassez and Vignal bacillus is characterized by a dominant lesion of mesenteric adenitis bacteriologically, serologically, and histologically comparable to that which Knapp and Masshoff isolated in man. The analogy between the human illness and that of the monkey must be guarded, because in man mesenteric adenitis due to the Malassez and Vignal bacillus is usually the object of surgical and medical treatment which proves it to be generally benign. Judging from some observations of untreated cases, mesenteric adenitis due to Pasteurella pseudotuberculosis seems to possess a localized and benign character which distinguishes it from the illness in monkeys, in which the infection tends to a generalization the first stage of which is an attack on the spleen. However, familiarity with septicemic forms of infection among humans by Pasteurella pseudotuberculosis, of which most observations stress attacks on the mesenteric ganglions, demonstrates the fragility of these nuances and positively demonstrates the relationship of the human to the animal illnesses. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 13, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0838550
Entities
People
- A. Vallee
- H. H. Mollaret
- Ph. Sizaret
Organizations
- United States Army Biological Warfare Laboratories