title: Marine envenomations and aquatic dermatology.
abstract: Jellyfish stings are usually mild except those caused by species in the South Pacific. The box jellyfish can produce a severe cardiorespiratory insult. The sting of the Portuguese man-of-war is more potent than that of the common jellyfish. The Indo-Pacific area is the source of the most venomous bony fish. Many injuries can be avoided by wearing shoes when walking in shallow water or tide pools. Aquatic-related skin infections may involve unusual organisms. Swimmer's itch, a disease of freshwater bathing, is caused by cercariae. Seabather's eruption produces a rash in swimsuit-covered areas; the etiology is not clear.
authors.affiliation: Memorial Medical Center of Long Beach, California.
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Soppe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings; D003063:Cnidaria; D004447:Echinodermata; D005400:Fishes, Poisonous; D006801:Humans; D037401:Scyphozoa; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013550:Swimming