title: A fatal jellyfish envenomation by the Portuguese man-o'war.
abstract: The documented case of a human fatality resulting from envenomation by Physalia physalis is presented. Although this case is only the second scientifically recorded fatality, several similar cases have been suspected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Burnett
authors.forename: W D
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Gable
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000473:pathology*; D003063:Cnidaria; D006801:Humans; D037402:Hydrozoa; D008297:Male