Emerging tropical diseases in Australia. Part 2. Ciguatera fish poisoning

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 557-571

  Stewart, I ^a,b   Lewis, R J ^c   Eaglesham, G K ^a   Graham, G C ^a,d   Poole, S ^e   Craig, S B ^a,d  

^a QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^e DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPRURITIC AGENT; ATROPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; CIGUATOXIN 1; FISH VENOM; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOSE; LIDOCAINE; MANNITOL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PROPOFOL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; STEROID; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTHRALGIA; AUSTRALIA; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN EDEMA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIGUATERA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPAREUNIA; EJACULATION DISORDER; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FATIGUE; FISH POISONING; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENITAL DISCOMFORT; GENITAL PAIN; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; LATITUDE; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NEUROPATHIC PRURITUS; NONHUMAN; PARESTHESIA; PRIAPISM; PROCTALGIA; PRURITUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SYMPTOM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOURISM; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TROPICAL DISEASE;

CIGUATERA POISONING; DIURETICS, OSMOTIC; HUMANS; MANNITOL; QUEENSLAND; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

CIGUATERA;

EID: 78649312725     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485910X12851868779902     Document Type: Review

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