title: Cladosporiosis in a tomato clownfish (Amphiprion frenatus).
abstract: Infection with Cladosporium sp., a deuteromycete, caused a deep dermal ulcer that extended to bone in a cultured tomato clownfish (Amphiprion frenatus). The infection may have been secondary to immunosuppression resulting from transport or confinement-induced stress or may have resulted from chronic exposure to copper. Reports of fungal infections in tropical marine fish are rare.
authors.affiliation: College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27606, USA.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Silphaduang
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hatai
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wada
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Noga
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017756:Aquaculture; D002963:Cladosporium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019327:Copper Sulfate / Q000009:adverse effects; D005393:Fish Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D009181:Mycoses / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D010473:Perciformes; D012886:Skull / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D019327:Copper Sulfate