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Coma due to ciguatera poisoning in Rhode Island.

D J DeFusco1, P O'Dowd, Y Hokama, B R Ott.   

Abstract

A patient is presented who developed an acute gastrointestinal and neurologic syndrome progressing to coma after ingestion of a fish soup made in Rhode Island. Laboratory studies confirmed the clinical diagnosis of ciguatera poisoning. Physicians should be aware of the diagnostic features of this disease even in non-endemic areas.

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Year:  1993        PMID: 8356991     DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(93)90268-t

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Med        ISSN: 0002-9343            Impact factor:   4.965


  7 in total

1.  Ciguatera fish poisoning: also in Europe.

Authors:  A Moulignier; D Binet; J Frottier
Journal:  J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry       Date:  1995-08       Impact factor: 10.154

2.  Neurology of ciguatera.

Authors:  J Pearn
Journal:  J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry       Date:  2001-01       Impact factor: 10.154

3.  Harmful Algal Blooms and Public Health.

Authors:  Lynn M Grattan; Sailor Holobaugh; J Glenn Morris
Journal:  Harmful Algae       Date:  2016-07       Impact factor: 4.273

4.  Management of Ciguatoxin Risk in Eastern Australia.

Authors:  Hazel Farrell; Shauna A Murray; Anthony Zammit; Alan W Edwards
Journal:  Toxins (Basel)       Date:  2017-11-14       Impact factor: 4.546

Review 5.  An Updated Review of Ciguatera Fish Poisoning: Clinical, Epidemiological, Environmental, and Public Health Management.

Authors:  Melissa A Friedman; Mercedes Fernandez; Lorraine C Backer; Robert W Dickey; Jeffrey Bernstein; Kathleen Schrank; Steven Kibler; Wendy Stephan; Matthew O Gribble; Paul Bienfang; Robert E Bowen; Stacey Degrasse; Harold A Flores Quintana; Christopher R Loeffler; Richard Weisman; Donna Blythe; Elisa Berdalet; Ram Ayyar; Danielle Clarkson-Townsend; Karen Swajian; Ronald Benner; Tom Brewer; Lora E Fleming
Journal:  Mar Drugs       Date:  2017-03-14       Impact factor: 5.118

Review 6.  Human Poisoning from Marine Toxins: Unknowns for Optimal Consumer Protection.

Authors:  Natalia Vilariño; M Carmen Louzao; Paula Abal; Eva Cagide; Cristina Carrera; Mercedes R Vieytes; Luis M Botana
Journal:  Toxins (Basel)       Date:  2018-08-09       Impact factor: 4.546

Review 7.  Neurological Disturbances of Ciguatera Poisoning: Clinical Features and Pathophysiological Basis.

Authors:  Killian L'Herondelle; Matthieu Talagas; Olivier Mignen; Laurent Misery; Raphaele Le Garrec
Journal:  Cells       Date:  2020-10-14       Impact factor: 6.600

  7 in total

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