Seabather's eruption: report of fourteen cases

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências

AndrÉ Luiz Rossetto¹  FÁbio Lang Da Silveira¹  AndrÉ Carrara Morandini¹  Vidal Haddad Junior¹  Charrid Resgalla Junior¹ 

关键词: Cnidaria;    Dermatitis;    Nematocysts;    Public health;    Southern Brazil;    Cnidária;    Dermatites;    Nematocistos;    Saúde pública;    Sul do Brasil;   

DOI  :  10.1590/0001-3765201520130468

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Seabather's eruption is a papulo-pruritic dermatitis caused by the nematocysts of the larvae of the jellyfish Linuche unguiculata retained in the clothing fibers. Previously reported in Brazil, this work describes fourteen cases that occurred in the State of Santa Catarina, in southern Brazil. The new cases observed over a short period of time (the first half of January, 2012), at the height of the summer season, should alert health teams to possible epidemics on the coast of the state of Santa Catarina.

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