Purpuriocillium lilacinum infection in captive loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings

Clarisse Máximo Arpini; Yhuri Cardoso Nóbrega; Vinícius Davel Castheloge; Daniel Santos Neves; Carlos Eduardo Tadokoro; Gisela Lara da Costa; Manoel Marques Evangelista Oliveira; Marcelo Renan de Deus Santos

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.10.002

Purpuriocillium lilacinum infection in captive loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2018 Oct 25:23:8-11. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2018.10.002. eCollection 2019 Mar.

Authors

Clarisse Máximo Arpini¹, Yhuri Cardoso Nóbrega^{1

2}, Vinícius Davel Castheloge¹, Daniel Santos Neves¹, Carlos Eduardo Tadokoro¹, Gisela Lara da Costa^{3

4}, Manoel Marques Evangelista Oliveira⁴, Marcelo Renan de Deus Santos^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Universidade Vila Velha, R. Comissário José Dantas de Melo, 21, Vila Velha, Espírito Santo 29102-623, Brazil.
² Instituto Marcos Daniel, Vitória 29055-290, Brazil.
³ Laboratório de Taxonomia, Bioquimica e Bioprospecção de Fungos - IOC/FIOCRUZ, 21040-900, Brazil.
⁴ Laboratório de Pesquisa Clínica em Dermatozoonoses em Animais Domésticos - INI/FIOCRUZ, 21040-900, Brazil.

Abstract

This paper reports a case of Purpureocillium lilacinum infection in seven loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) hatchlings kept in an aquarium under inadequate condition. The fungus was isolated from skin and pulmonary lesions. Metilene blue and NaCl solutions, Schinus terebinthifolius and eucalyptus essential oils Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations were determined indicating new possibilities for treatment.

Keywords: Caretta caretta; Disease; Husbandry; Mycosis; Treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports