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Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in Miami
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1980Ciguatoxic fish constitute a continuing foodborne disease problem in Miami. Information from 129 cases of ciguatera fish poisoning reported to the Dade County (Miami) Department of Public Health during 1974 to 1976 was used for epidemiologic study of the syndrome.
D N, Lawrence +3 more
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Travel and ciguatera fish poisoning.
Archives of internal medicine, 1992Ciguatera fish poisoning is a distinctive clinical syndrome associated with the consumption of contaminated marine fish. It is endemic in many popular travel destinations, including the Caribbean and Pacific Islands, where travelers are at risk.Clinical review of 23 patients (60% were travelers) with ciguatera fish poisoning in whom consultation was ...
W R, Lange, F R, Snyder, P J, Fudala
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Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983), 2014
Ciguatera, an ichtyosarcotoxism linked to the consumption of usually healthy coral fish is a common poisoning in the Pacific, Caribbean and Indian Ocean where it is endemic. However, increased tourism and commercial transportation of tropical fish for consumption make it an unexceptional intoxication in countries away from its endemic area ...
Erwan, Oehler, Jérémie, Bouchut
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Ciguatera, an ichtyosarcotoxism linked to the consumption of usually healthy coral fish is a common poisoning in the Pacific, Caribbean and Indian Ocean where it is endemic. However, increased tourism and commercial transportation of tropical fish for consumption make it an unexceptional intoxication in countries away from its endemic area ...
Erwan, Oehler, Jérémie, Bouchut
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The New Zealand medical journal, 2017
Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is the most common cause of seafood-toxin poisoning in the world and is most prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas. It causes gastroenteritis but also myriad neurological and cardiovascular symptoms. We present a cluster of CFP that occurred in Wellington Hospital, New Zealand.
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Ciguatera fish poisoning (CFP) is the most common cause of seafood-toxin poisoning in the world and is most prevalent in tropical and subtropical areas. It causes gastroenteritis but also myriad neurological and cardiovascular symptoms. We present a cluster of CFP that occurred in Wellington Hospital, New Zealand.
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Ciguatera Fish Poison: A Cholinesterase Inhibitor
Science, 1965The substance responsible for the poisoning effect of ciguatera poison from fish is an anticholinesterase. In rats, mice, and rabbits ciguatera poison causes death by asphyxiation. Protopam chloride with atropine is an effective antidote.
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Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in the Virgin Islands
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1981To the Editor.— The prominence afforded the problem of ciguatera by the publication of "Ciguatera Fish Poisoning in Miami" by Lawrence et al (1980;244:254) and by two editorials on the topic in the same issue is belated but heartening recognition by a major medical journal of a widespread disease that has attracted little general attention.
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Treatment of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning with Amttriptyline and Nifedipine
Journal of Toxicology: Clinical Toxicology, 1987Ciguatera fish poisoning is the most common fish poisoning in the United States. Symptoms involve the gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and neurological systems. No known treatment exists. We explore the therapeutic effect of amitriptyline in two patients and nifedipine in one patient.
G M, Calvert +2 more
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American family physician, 1994
Ciguatera fish poisoning is the most common foodborne illness related to fin fish consumption and is endemic throughout the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific regions. The clinical picture is characterized by a variety of gastrointestinal, neurologic and, occasionally, cardiovascular symptoms.
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Ciguatera fish poisoning is the most common foodborne illness related to fin fish consumption and is endemic throughout the Caribbean and Indo-Pacific regions. The clinical picture is characterized by a variety of gastrointestinal, neurologic and, occasionally, cardiovascular symptoms.
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Severity rating scales for ciguatera fish poisoning
Toxicon, 1993Severity of ciguatera fish poisoning is often quite variable. Two symptom check list rating scales were developed for quantifying illness severity and for selectively monitoring response to therapy in patients with chronic toxicity. Content validity was ascertained, and internal consistency reliability was demonstrated by means of the Cronbach alpha ...
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