Open AccessCarybdea marsupialis(Cubozoa) in the Mediterranean Sea: The First Case of a Sting Causing Cutaneous and Systemic Manifestations
Author(s) -
César Bordehore,
Santiago Nogué,
Josep María Gili,
Melissa Acevedo,
Verónica Fuentes
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of travel medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.985
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1708-8305
pISSN - 1195-1982
DOI - 10.1111/jtm.12153
Subject(s) - medicine , sting , jellyfish , dermatology , fishery , engineering , biology , aerospace engineering
A woman stung by the box jellyfish Carybdea marsupialis (Cnidaria, Cubozoa) at a Spanish Mediterranean beach showed systemic manifestations over several months [pain far from the inoculation point, arthralgia, paresthesia, hyperesthesia, increase in eosinophils and immunoglobulin E (IgE)] in addition to the skin condition.
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