%0 Journal Article %J J Am Vet Med Assoc %D 1978 %T Meningoencephalitis secondary to otitis in a gorilla. %A Iverson, W O %A Popp, J A %K Animals %K Animals, Zoo %K Brain %K Female %K Gorilla gorilla %K Labyrinthitis %K Meningoencephalitis %K Otitis %K Otitis Media, Suppurative %X

An adult female gorilla died following a 13-day illness and was necropsied. Gross and microscopic findings included a 2-cm straw deep in the external auditory meatus, suppurative otitis media and interna, and suppurative meningoencephalitis. Proteus mirabilis was cultured from the internal acoustic pore.

%B J Am Vet Med Assoc %V 173 %P 1134-6 %8 11/1978 %G eng %N 9 %1

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/738932?dopt=Abstract