The venomous toadfish Thalassophryne nattereri (niquim or miquim): Report of 43 injuries provoked in fishermen of Salinopolis (Para State) and Aracaju (Sergipe State), Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 221-223

  Haddad Jr , Vidal ^a,b   Pardal, Pedro Pereira Oliveira ^c   Cardoso, João Luiz Costa ^b   Martins, Itamar Alves ^d  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Thalassophryne nattereri; Toadfishes; Venomous fishes; Venomous marine animals

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; FISH VENOM; TOADFISH VENOM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRAZIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ENVENOMATION; ERYTHEMA; FISHERMAN; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041692596     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652003000400009     Document Type: Article

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