Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2009)

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
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1504.081358
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 4
pp. 588 – 590

Abstract

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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.

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