Lobomycosis in offshore bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), North Carolina

David S Rotstein; Leslie G Burdett; William McLellan; Lori Schwacke; Teri Rowles; Karen A Terio; Stacy Schultz; Ann Pabst

doi:10.3201/eid1504.081358

Lobomycosis in offshore bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), North Carolina

Emerg Infect Dis. 2009 Apr;15(4):588-90. doi: 10.3201/eid1504.081358.

Authors

David S Rotstein¹, Leslie G Burdett, William McLellan, Lori Schwacke, Teri Rowles, Karen A Terio, Stacy Schultz, Ann Pabst

Affiliation

¹ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Springs, Maryland, USA.

Abstract

Lacazia loboi, a cutaneous fungus, is found in humans and dolphins from transitional tropical (Florida) and tropical (South America) regions. We report 2 cases of lobomycosis in stranded bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and 1 case of lobomycosis-like disease in 1 free-swimming, pelagic, offshore bottlenose dolphin from North Carolina, where no cases have previously been observed.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Bottle-Nosed Dolphin / microbiology*
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / microbiology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / pathology
Communicable Diseases, Emerging / veterinary*
DNA, Fungal / genetics
Dermatomycoses / microbiology
Dermatomycoses / pathology
Dermatomycoses / veterinary*
Ecosystem
Male
North Carolina
Onygenales / genetics
Onygenales / isolation & purification
Onygenales / pathogenicity*

Substances

DNA, Fungal