Pulmonary pneumocystosis in a captive kinkajou with molecular evidence of a novel <i>Pneumocystis</i> lineage.

ABSTRACT: An 11-mo-old, intact male captive kinkajou (Potos flavus) was submitted for postmortem investigation because of emaciation and hindlimb overgrooming. Histologically, alveolar airspaces were filled with fungal structures that were morphologically and histochemically consistent with Pneumocystis spp. PCR of pulmonary tissue was negative for canine distemper virus and positive for Pneumocystis spp. Molecular testing yielded amplification of the Pneumocystis spp. mitochondrial large-subunit rRNA (mtLSU rRNA, 510 bp) and the small-subunit rRNA (mtSSU rRNA, 565 bp). Phylogenetic analysis suggested a potentially novel Pneumocystis lineage associated with P. flavus. Additional nuclear loci are required to confirm its taxonomic status. Gastric and colonic h

SUBMITTER: Diaz-Santana P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12830342 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature