Severe delayed cutaneous reaction due to Mediterranean jellyfish (Rhopilema nomadica) envenomation

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 282-283

  Uri, Sendovski ^a   Marina, Goffman ^a   Liubov, Goldshlak ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Contact dermatitis; Envenomation; Jellyfish

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENVENOMATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; JELLYFISH; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PAPULE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RASH; RHOPILEMA NOMADICA; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SUMMER;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; RISK FACTORS; SCYPHOZOA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19944362536     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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