title: First report of Veronaea botryosa as a causal agent of chromomycosis in frogs.
abstract: A dematiaceous hyphomycete, isolated from frogs, was determined as the possible etiologic agent of a case of systemic chromomycosis this cold-blooded animal. The fungus was identified as Veronaea botryosa on the basis of morphological features observed in histopathological examination and molecular phylogenetic evidence. Although V. botryosa is known to be distributed widely in litter and as a human pathogen, this is the first confirmed report of its involvement in a lethal infection in a cold-blooded animal, including an anuran.
authors: Department of Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science, 4-1-1 Amakubo, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0005, Japan hosoya@kahaku.go.jp.
authors: Tsuyoshi
authors: T
authors: Hosoya
authors: Bacterial and Parasitic Diseases Research Division, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0856, Japan.
authors: Yasuko
authors: Y
authors: Hanafusa
authors: Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, 1-17-71 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5201, Japan.
authors: Tomoo
authors: T
authors: Kudo
authors: Den-en-chofu Animal Hospital, 2-1-3 Den-en-chofu, Ota-ku, Tokyo 145-0071, Japan.
authors: Kenichi
authors: K
authors: Tamukai
authors: Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, 1-17-71 Fuchinobe, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5201, Japan.
authors: Yumi
authors: Y
authors: Une
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002862:Chromoblastomycosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004271:DNA, Fungal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer
keywords: anuran mycosis; disseminated mycosis; phaeohyphomycosis; phylogenetic analysis; zoonosis