Carybdea marsupialis (Cubozoa) in the Mediterranean Sea: the first case of a sting causing cutaneous and systemic manifestations

J Travel Med. 2015 Jan-Feb;22(1):61-3. doi: 10.1111/jtm.12153. Epub 2014 Aug 28.

Abstract

A woman stung by the box jellyfish Carybdea marsupialis (Cnidaria, Cubozoa) at a Spanish Mediterranean beach showed systemic manifestations over several months [pain far from the inoculation point, arthralgia, paresthesia, hyperesthesia, increase in eosinophils and immunoglobulin E (IgE)] in addition to the skin condition.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Arthralgia / physiopathology
  • Bites and Stings / pathology*
  • Cnidarian Venoms / poisoning*
  • Cubozoa*
  • Eosinophils / immunology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperesthesia / physiopathology
  • Immunoglobulin E / immunology
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Paresthesia
  • Travel*

Substances

  • Cnidarian Venoms
  • Immunoglobulin E