Palytoxin poisoning after dermal contact with zoanthid coral

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 397-399

  Nordt, Sean Patrick ^a,b,g   Wu, Jerry ^c   Zahller, Stephen ^d   Clark, Richard F ^a,e   Cantrell, F Lee ^c,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e California Poison Control System   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

coral; palytoxin; zoanthid

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PALYTOXIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMA; CORAL; DEATH; DYSGEUSIA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTOXICATION; PARESTHESIA; PERIORAL PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RASH; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN TOXICITY;

ACRYLAMIDES; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CNIDARIAN VENOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 79954633177     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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