There are already anti fungals that will cure chytrid in captive frogs. Chloramphenicol is an antibiotic with so many serious side effects and long term consequences in humans, it has usually been used as the antibiotic of last resort for resistant bacteria, or specific imminently fatal infections. That it works on captive frogs to cure and prevent further infections of this systemic fungus is interesting, but how to apply this to the wild species that are so seriously and immediately threatened by this pandemic disease doesn't seem feasible. It is unlikely that as hobbyists who purchase our frogs from breeders we will ever personally encounter chytrid infections in them. The chytrid pandemic is also most likely related to environmental changes, which are scarcely being addressed by those most in control.
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Patty
Pahsimeroi, Idaho

Dendrobates: auratus blue, auratus Ancon Hill, tinctorius azureus, leucomelas. Phyllobates: vittatus, terribilis, lugubris. Epipedobates: anthonyi tricolor pasaje. Ranitomeya fantastica, imitator, reticulata. Adelphobates castaneoticus, galactonotus. Oophagia pumilio Bastimentos. (updated systematic nomenclature)

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