Novel Exophiala infection involving ulcerative skin lesions in Japanese Flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

Fish Pathology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-44

  Kurata, Osamu ^a   Munchan, Chutharat ^a   Wada, Shinpei ^a   Hatai, Kishio ^a   Miyoshi, Yasuyuki ^b   Fukuda, Yutaka ^b  

^a NIPPON VETERINARY AND LIFE SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Oita Prefectural Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dematiaceous fungus; Dermis; Epithelioid cell; Exophiala; Fungal infection; Granuloma; Paralichthys olivaceus; Ulceration

Indexed keywords

EXOPHIALA; FUNGI; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 44449160856     PISSN: 0388788X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3147/jsfp.43.35     Document Type: Article

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