Successful Drug-Mediated Host Clearance of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

Abstract

Skin fungi are among the most dangerous drivers of global amphibian declines, and few mitigation strategies are known. For Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Chytridiomycota), available treatments rely on temperature, partially combined with antifungal drugs. We report the clearance of B. salamandrivorans in 2 urodelan species using a solely drug-based approach.

Keywords

• fungi
• Bsal
• salamander plague
• Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans
• Caudata
• amphibian crisis