Lobomycosis in man and lobomycosis-like disease in bottlenose dolphin, Venezuela

We report 1 case of lobomycosis caused by Lacazia loboi in a fisherman and 1 case of lobomycosis-like disease in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) along the coast of Venezuela. These findings suggest that the marine environment is a likely habitat for L. loboi and a reservoir for infection.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Emerging infectious diseases 2009-08, Vol.15 (8), p.1301-1303
Hauptverfasser:	Bermudez, Luis, Van Bressem, Marie-Françoise, Reyes-Jaimes, Oscar, Sayegh, Alejandro J, Paniz-Mondolfi, Alberto E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animals Bottle-Nosed Dolphin - microbiology bottlenose dolphin Communicable Diseases, Emerging - microbiology Communicable Diseases, Emerging - pathology Communicable Diseases, Emerging - transmission Communicable Diseases, Emerging - veterinary Delphinidae Dermatomycoses - microbiology Dermatomycoses - pathology Dermatomycoses - transmission Dermatomycoses - veterinary Disease Reservoirs - microbiology Dispatch Dolphins Ecosystem Health aspects Humans Infection lacaziosis Lobomycosis lobomycosis-like disease Male Marine Biology Marine mammals Middle Aged Onygenales - isolation & purification Onygenales - pathogenicity skin disease Tursiops truncatus Venezuela
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Zusammenfassung:	We report 1 case of lobomycosis caused by Lacazia loboi in a fisherman and 1 case of lobomycosis-like disease in a bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) along the coast of Venezuela. These findings suggest that the marine environment is a likely habitat for L. loboi and a reservoir for infection.
ISSN:	1080-6040 1080-6059
DOI:	10.3201/eid1508.090347