Plants and Animals - Section 3 - Aquatic Poisonings

WikiTox Marine creatures

Loten C, Stokes B, Worsley D, Seymour JE, Jiang S, Isbister GK.A randomised controlled trial of hot water (45 degrees C) immersion versus ice packs for pain relief in bluebottle stings. Med J Aust 2006;184(7):329-33 (Fulltext) RCT Bluebottle stings.pdf [357 KB]

Fernandez I, Valladolid G, Varon J, Sternbach G. Encounters with venomous sea-life. J Emerg Med 2011;40(1):103-12 Epub 2010 Jan 4 PMID20045606 Encounters with venomous sea-life.pdf [1.6 MB]

Currie BJ, Jacups SP. Prospective study of Chironex fleckeri and other box jellyfish stings in the “Top End” of Australia's Northern Territory. Med J Aust 2005;183(11-12):631-6 (Fulltext) Chironex fleckeri.pdf [552 KB]

Huynh TT, Seymour J, Pereira P, et al Severity of Irukandji syndrome and nematocyst identification from skin scrapings. Med J Aust 2003;178(1):38-41 (Fulltext) Irukandji syndrome.pdf [2.6 MB]

Little M, Mulcahy RF. A year's experience of Irukandji envenomation in far north Queensland. Med J Aust 1998 Dec 7-21;169(11-12):638-41 (Fulltext)

Wikitox Food Poisoning Marine

Landsberg JH, Hall S, Johannessen JN, White KD, et al Saxitoxin puffer fish poisoning in the United States, with the first report of Pyrodinium bahamense as the putative toxin source.Environ Health Perspect. 2006 Oct;114(10):1502-7 (Fulltext) Saxitoxin.pdf [171 KB]

Kipping R, Eastcott H, Sarangi J. Tropical fish poisoning in temperate climates: food poisoning from ciguatera toxin presenting in Avonmouth. J Public Health (Oxf) 2006;28(4):343-6 Epub 2006 Oct 18 (Fulltext) Ciguatera.pdf [173 KB]

Predy G, Honish L, Hohn W, Jones S. Was it something she ate? Case report and discussion of scombroid poisoning.CMAJ. 2003 Mar 4;168(5):587-8 (Fulltext) Scombroid.pdf [212 KB]