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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2002, p. 4273-4280, Vol. 40, No. 11
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.4273-4280.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Disseminated Mycotic Infection Caused by Colletotrichum acutatum in a Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys kempi)

Charles A. Manire,1* Howard L. Rhinehart,1 Deanna A. Sutton,2 Elizabeth H. Thompson,2 Michael G. Rinaldi,2,3 John D. Buck,1 and Elliott Jacobson4

Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital, Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, Sarasota, Florida 34236,1 Fungus Testing Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio,2 Audie L. Murphy Division, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas 78229,3 Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 326104

Received 29 April 2002/ Returned for modification 8 July 2002/ Accepted 15 August 2002

Colletotrichum acutatum is a cosmopolitan plant pathogen with a wide host range. While the organism's phytopathogenic potential has been well documented, it has never been reported as an etiologic agent of disease in either animals or humans. In this case, a juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempi, probably with immune compromise following cold stunning (extended hypothermia), developed a disseminated mycotic infection in the lungs and kidneys. Prophylactic treatment with oral itraconazole did not prevent or cure the infection. This report of a Colletotrichum acutatum infection in an animal extends the range of disease caused by this organism beyond that of a phytopathogen.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34236. Phone: (941) 388-4441. Fax: (941) 388-4317. E-mail: cmanire{at}mote.org.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2002, p. 4273-4280, Vol. 40, No. 11
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.4273-4280.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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