title: Jellyfish envenomation: a summer epidemic.
abstract: During the summer of 1987 the shores of Israel were infested by waves of jellyfish. Thirty patients, mainly children, suffering various degrees of painful injuries to different parts of their bodies were treated in our emergency ward. A typical case is reported and the appropriate treatment recommended.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Soroka Medical Center, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Benmeir
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sagi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vardi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eldad
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D003064:Cnidarian Venoms / Q000506:poisoning*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D059408:Pain Management; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology; D037401:Scyphozoa; D012621:Seasons; D014581:Urticaria / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D003064:Cnidarian Venoms