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Ciguatera fish poisoning
John A Crumpa, Colin L McLayb, Stephen T Chambersa
a Department of
Infectious Diseases, Christchurch Hospital, Private Bag 4710, Christchurch, New Zealand, b Department of Zoology, University of Canterbury,
Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand
Correspondence to: Dr John A Crump, Fellow, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3879, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Accepted 13 May
1999
Ciguatera fish poisoning is one of a variety of non-bacterial
forms of human seafood poisoning. Consuming large predatory fish from
tropical reef ecosystems may be hazardous. We describe a case that is
typical of the disease, and illustrates the persistence of neurological
symptoms that occur in some patients.
Keywords: ciguatera fish poisoning; ichthyosarcotoxaemia; poisoning; biotoxins
© 1999 by The Fellowship of Postgraduate Medicine
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