Manire Charles A, Rhinehart Howard L, Sutton Deanna A, Thompson Elizabeth H, Rinaldi Michael G, Buck John D, Jacobson Elliott
Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital, Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, Sarasota, Florida 34236, USA.
J Clin Microbiol. 2002 Nov;40(11):4273-80. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.4273-4280.2002.
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.
尖孢炭疽菌是一种分布广泛的植物病原体,寄主范围很广。虽然该生物体的植物致病潜力已有充分记载,但从未有过它作为动物或人类疾病病原体的报道。在本病例中,一只幼年肯氏丽龟(Lepidochelys kempi),可能因冷休克(长时间体温过低)导致免疫功能受损,肺部和肾脏出现了播散性真菌感染。口服伊曲康唑进行预防性治疗未能预防或治愈该感染。这例动物感染尖孢炭疽菌的报告将该生物体所引发疾病的范围扩展到了植物病原体之外。