Is stonefish Synanceia verrucosa envenomation potentially lethal?
Acute pulmonary edema
Cardiopulmonary arrest
French Polynesia
Lethality
New Caledonia
Sting
Stonefish
Synanceia verrucosa
Venom
Journal
Toxicon : official journal of the International Society on Toxinology
ISSN: 1879-3150
Titre abrégé: Toxicon
Pays: England
ID NLM: 1307333
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2020
Sep 2020
Historique:
received:
23
02
2020
revised:
09
05
2020
accepted:
25
05
2020
pubmed:
31
5
2020
medline:
28
8
2020
entrez:
31
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Stonefish sting lethality in man has been scarcely documented since the middle of the 20th century. We report three clinical cases, including one fatality, emphasizing the cardiovascular toxicity of the Synanceia verrucosa venom, and its potentially lethal effects. All clinical data have been recently collected in New Caledonia and French Polynesia.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32473254
pii: S0041-0101(20)30251-8
doi: 10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.05.019
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Fish Venoms
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
78-82Informations de copyright
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