CUTANEOUS HYALOHYPHOMYCOSIS CAUSED BY FUSARIUM-SOLANI IN A LOGGERHEADSEA-TURTLE (CARETTA-CARETTA L.)

Authors
CABANES FJ ALONSO JM CASTELLA G ALEGRE F DOMINGO M PONT S
Citation
Fj. Cabanes et al., CUTANEOUS HYALOHYPHOMYCOSIS CAUSED BY FUSARIUM-SOLANI IN A LOGGERHEADSEA-TURTLE (CARETTA-CARETTA L.), Journal of clinical microbiology, 35(12), 1997, pp. 3343-3345
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
35
Issue
12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
3343 - 3345
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1997)35:12<3343:CHCBFI>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Fusarium solani was reported as the agent of a cutaneous infection in an injured sea turtle collected in the Mediterranean Sea. The turtle w as treated with both a topical 10% solution of iodine in alcohol and k etoconazole. The source of the causal agent was traced to the sand in the tank in which the turtle was maintained. The strain was only sensi tive in vitro to amphotericin B and was resistant to 5-fluorocytosine, fluconazole, itraconazole, and ketoconazole.