title: [Problems caused by poisonous tropical marine animals].
abstract: A Finnish physician encounters problems caused by tropical marine animals either during her/his own travelling or while treating travelers who have returned home. Certain species of medusae and cone shells as well as the stings by some fish species are life-threateningly poisonous. A person stung or bitten by any of the most dangerous species must immediately be admitted to the hospital. Foreign material remaining in tissues after stings by echinoderms and spiky fish may cause problems months after the actual injury. The injuries become easily infected, and antimicrobial drug therapy must thus cover gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria as well.
authors.forename: Tinja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lääveri
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Räisänen-Sokolowski
authors.forename: Timo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004447:Echinodermata; D005400:Fishes, Poisonous; D006801:Humans; D008387:Marine Toxins / Q000506:poisoning; D008974:Mollusca; D008978:Mollusk Venoms / Q000506:poisoning; D012623:Seawater; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D008387:Marine Toxins; D008978:Mollusk Venoms