Dermatitis due to Olindias sambaquiensis: a case report.
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.
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Institute of Dermatology, University of Trieste, Ospedale di Cattinara, Italy.
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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*
D003064:Cnidarian Venoms