TY - JOUR
T1 - Sudden Death in a Child Following Jellyfish Envenomation by Chiropsalmus quadrumanus
T2 - Case Report and Autopsy Findings
AU - Bengston, Kenneth
AU - Nichols, M. M.
AU - Schnadig, Vicki
AU - Ellis, Michael D.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1991/9/11
Y1 - 1991/9/11
N2 - Sudden death following coelenterate envenomation is not uncommon in Australia where the Pacific box jellyfish is indigenous. However, few cases of sudden fatal reactions have been reported in the Northern Hemisphere, and those that have occurred have all been attributed to the Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis. We report the case of a child who died within 40 minutes of accidental envenomation with tentacles of a jellyfish, Chiropsalmus quadrumanus, and describe the findings at autopsy. This coelenterate may be of special danger to small children.
AB - Sudden death following coelenterate envenomation is not uncommon in Australia where the Pacific box jellyfish is indigenous. However, few cases of sudden fatal reactions have been reported in the Northern Hemisphere, and those that have occurred have all been attributed to the Portuguese man-of-war, Physalia physalis. We report the case of a child who died within 40 minutes of accidental envenomation with tentacles of a jellyfish, Chiropsalmus quadrumanus, and describe the findings at autopsy. This coelenterate may be of special danger to small children.
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U2 - 10.1001/jama.1991.03470100096040
DO - 10.1001/jama.1991.03470100096040
M3 - Article
C2 - 1679136
AN - SCOPUS:0025826390
SN - 0098-7484
VL - 266
SP - 1404
EP - 1406
JO - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
JF - JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
IS - 10
ER -