Seabather's eruption: report of five cases in southeast region of Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Vidal Haddad Junior²  João Luiz Costa Cardoso¹  Fábio Lang Da Silveira¹ 

[1],Universidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Departamento de DermatologiaBotucatu SP ,Brasil

关键词: Dermatitis;    Jellyfishes;    Nematocists;    Cnidaria;    Marine animals;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46652001000300011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The authors report five cases of seabather's eruption, a typical dermatitis associated predominantly to the jellyfish Linuche unguiculata (Cnidaria), that causes erythematous and pruriginous papules on areas of the skin of bathers covered by swimsuits. The rash is characteristic and the eruption is commom in the Caribbean, Florida, Mexico and Gulf States of USA. The cases are the first reported in Brazil and larvae of the jellyfish are present in the waters where the accidents happened.

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