TY - JOUR AU - Plewnia, Amadeus AU - Lötters, Stefan AU - Veith, Michael AU - Peters, Martin AU - Böning, Philipp T1 - Successful Drug-Mediated Host Clearance of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2023 VL - 29 IS - 2 SP - 411 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Skin fungi are among the most dangerous drivers of global amphibian declines, and few mitigation strategies are known. For Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Chytridiomycota), available treatments rely on temperature, partially combined with antifungal drugs. We report the clearance of B. salamandrivorans in 2 urodelan species using a solely drug-based approach. KW - fungi KW - Bsal KW - salamander plague KW - Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans KW - Caudata KW - amphibian crisis KW - chytridiomycosis KW - itraconazole KW - Germany DO - 10.3201/eid2902.221162 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/2/22-1162_article ER - End of Reference