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Severe delayed cutaneous reaction due to Mediterranean jellyfish (Rhopilema nomadica) envenomation.

Uri S, Marina G, Liubov G

Department of Emergency Medicine, Rabin Medical Center, Golda Campus (Hasharon), 7, Keren Kayemet St, Petah Tiqva 47372, Israel. sendovski@clalit.org.il

During summer, Mediterranean Sea waters are invaded by a species of jellyfish designated as Rhopilema nomadica. Their tentacles contain numerous nematocysts loaded with a toxin that causes envenomation, usually expressed as immediate appearance of redness, burning sensation and papulovesicular eruption in the affected skin. We report a lady with a severe delayed reaction due to jellyfish envenomation that developed 2 days after contact with jellyfish tentacles.

Published 18 May 2005 in Contact Dermatitis, 52(5): 282-3.
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