title: Dermatitis due to Olindias sambaquiensis: a case report.
abstract: Olindias sambaquiensis, Muller 1861 (Hydrozoa: Limnomedusae: Olindiidae) is a neritic jellyfish endemic in the Blanca Bay area (South of Buenos Aires, Argentina). In this paper we describe the first report of a dermatitis caused by this jellyfish in a thirty-four-year-old marine biologist who presented with an erythematous vesicular eruption after contact with Olindias sambaquiensis. Some preliminary ultramicroscopic observations on the nematocysts of this jellyfish are also reported.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Dermatology, University of Trieste, Ospedale di Cattinara, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kokelj
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mianzan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Avian
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Burnett
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001132:Arm; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D003064:Cnidarian Venoms / Q000506:poisoning*; D004890:Erythema / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D037401:Scyphozoa; D012872:Skin Diseases, Vesiculobullous / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D003064:Cnidarian Venoms