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Human Cutaneous Injuries Following Jellyfish Stings in Dolphin Performance Pool  

Eo, Kyung-Yeon (Seoul Zoo)
Kwon, Oh-Deog (College of Veterinary Medicine, Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics / v.27, no.4, 2010 , pp. 497-499 More about this Journal
Abstract
Cutaneous injuries stung by jellyfish are not uncommon in human exposed to marine environments. Most of the cases occur to scuba divers, fishermen, and travelers swimming at the beach. The symptoms vary from mild dermatosis to fatal systemic reaction. Some group of jellyfish like Atlantic Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia physalis) provokes acute severe skin injuries with systemic symptoms of nausea, bradycardia, and rarely anaphylaxis. But it is unusual case that allergic dermatitis caused by Scyphistoma which is polyp stage of jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) happened to zoo keepers working at indoor dolphin pool. This case report is about dermatosis with symptoms such as painful, irritant, itching, and erupted skin lesions on the neck and face of zoo keepers working at dolphinarium in Seoul zoo, Korea.
Keywords
jellyfish sting; Aurelia aurita; dolphin performance pool;
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