Rickettsia‐like organisms in the blue‐eyed plecostomus, Panaque suttoni (Eigenmann & Eigenmann)

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Abstract. Intracytoplasmic organisms resembling rickettsia were observed in tissues of two blue‐eyed plecostoitius, Panaqae suttoni (Eigenmann & Eigenmann), a tropical freshwater fish. Gross lesions were limited to renomegaly and splenomegaly. Cytopathological and histopathological examination of the various tissues revealed numerous small, discrete, coccoid organisms in the cytoplasm of monocytes as well as tissue macrophages of the spleen, heart, kidney and sometimes liver. Transmission electron microscopy confirmed that these organisms were within membrane‐bound vacuoles and had a morphology resembling rickettsia. Copyright © 1995, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved

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1995

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