| isolation of mycobacterium tuberculosis from captive ateles paniscus. | abstract an adult female red-faced black spider monkey (ateles paniscus), housed for 2 years in the parque estoril zoo in são paulo, brazil, showed apathy. clinical examination revealed discrete emaciation, swelling and induration of lymph nodes, and presence of a mass in the abdominal cavity. therapies with enrofloxacin, azithromycin, and ceftiofur were ineffective. the animal died after 6 months. necropsy and histopathology confirmed granulommas in lymph nodes, parietal and visceral pleura, lu ... | 2011 | 20846010 |