Cutaneous injuries from marine animals

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Lim, Yen Loo ^a   Kumarasinghe, S P W ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cutaneous injuries; Jellyfish venom; Marine toxins; Sea anemones

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; LORATADINE; MEFENAMIC ACID; METRONIDAZOLE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; JELLYFISH; MALE; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; SEA ANEMONE; SKIN INJURY; ANIMAL; COELENTERATE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CNIDARIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEA ANEMONES; SKIN; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33846983560     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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