title: Mixed infection of an acid-fast bacterium and an imperfect fungus in a Napoleon fish (Cheilinus undulatus).
abstract: A Napoleon fish (Cheilinus undulatus) was infected with both an acid-fast bacterium and an imperfect fungus. This is the first report of an acid-fast bacterial infection in Cheilinus undulatus, and the first observation of an imperfect fungus in the swim bladder of a tropical marine fish.
authors.affiliation: Division of Fish Diseases, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hatai
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitahara
mesh_terms: D000400:Air Sacs / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D005398:Fisheries; D005399:Fishes; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D008099:Liver / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology