Acute occupational exposure to holothurians (Cucumaria frondosa) resulting in irritating symptoms: About three cases
Holothurians are marine invertebrates also known as sea cucumbers. They are used in fresh or dried forms in various cuisines around the world and have alleged medicinal properties. Consequently, sea cucumbers, notably the orange-footed sea cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa)are increasingly harvested from...
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ftccsdartic:oai:HAL:hal-03907516v1 2023-08-27T04:09:07+02:00 Acute occupational exposure to holothurians (Cucumaria frondosa) resulting in irritating symptoms: About three cases Dufayet, Laurène Caré, Weniko de Haro, Luc Ameltchenko, Macha Knezynski, Marlène Vodovar, Dominique Langrand, Jérôme Optimisation thérapeutique en Neuropsychopharmacologie (OPTeN (UMR_S_1144 / U1144)) Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) 2021-01 https://hal.science/hal-03907516 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.11.006 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.11.006 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/33212098 hal-03907516 https://hal.science/hal-03907516 doi:10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.11.006 PUBMED: 33212098 ISSN: 0041-0101 EISSN: 0041-0101 Toxicon https://hal.science/hal-03907516 Toxicon, 2021, 189, pp.45-47. ⟨10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.11.006⟩ Holothurian Holothurin Marine envonimation Occupational exposure Sea cucumber MESH: Animals MESH: Cucumaria MESH: Holothurin MESH: Humans MESH: Marine Toxins MESH: Occupational Exposure [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] [SDV.TOX]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2021 ftccsdartic https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.11.006 2023-08-05T22:44:41Z Holothurians are marine invertebrates also known as sea cucumbers. They are used in fresh or dried forms in various cuisines around the world and have alleged medicinal properties. Consequently, sea cucumbers, notably the orange-footed sea cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa)are increasingly harvested from the environment or farmed via aquaculture. We report three cases of unusual occupational exposure to C. frondosa resulting in cutaneous, respiratory and ocular irritating symptoms. These symptoms occurred as sea cucumbers were cut on half and eviscerated manually, following a machine breakdown in a sea cucumber processing factory. Given the composition of holothurians, these symptoms probably resulted from the aerosolization of various holothurins, saponins secreted by sea cucumbers as mean of defense. Treatment was solely symptomatic and included decontamination of the skin and the eyes, inhaled glucocorticoids, anticholinergic agents and oral glucocorticoids. As the exposure resulted from a machine breakdown, no specific protective equipment was put in place. Employees were advised not to handle manuallythe sea cucumbers in case such a breakdown was to happen again. Article in Journal/Newspaper Cucumaria frondosa Orange-footed sea cucumber Archive ouverte HAL (Hyper Article en Ligne, CCSD - Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Toxicon 189 45 47 |
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Holothurian Holothurin Marine envonimation Occupational exposure Sea cucumber MESH: Animals MESH: Cucumaria MESH: Holothurin MESH: Humans MESH: Marine Toxins MESH: Occupational Exposure [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] [SDV.TOX]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology |
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Holothurian Holothurin Marine envonimation Occupational exposure Sea cucumber MESH: Animals MESH: Cucumaria MESH: Holothurin MESH: Humans MESH: Marine Toxins MESH: Occupational Exposure [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] [SDV.TOX]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology Dufayet, Laurène Caré, Weniko de Haro, Luc Ameltchenko, Macha Knezynski, Marlène Vodovar, Dominique Langrand, Jérôme Acute occupational exposure to holothurians (Cucumaria frondosa) resulting in irritating symptoms: About three cases |
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Holothurian Holothurin Marine envonimation Occupational exposure Sea cucumber MESH: Animals MESH: Cucumaria MESH: Holothurin MESH: Humans MESH: Marine Toxins MESH: Occupational Exposure [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] [SDV.TOX]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Toxicology |
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Holothurians are marine invertebrates also known as sea cucumbers. They are used in fresh or dried forms in various cuisines around the world and have alleged medicinal properties. Consequently, sea cucumbers, notably the orange-footed sea cucumber (Cucumaria frondosa)are increasingly harvested from the environment or farmed via aquaculture. We report three cases of unusual occupational exposure to C. frondosa resulting in cutaneous, respiratory and ocular irritating symptoms. These symptoms occurred as sea cucumbers were cut on half and eviscerated manually, following a machine breakdown in a sea cucumber processing factory. Given the composition of holothurians, these symptoms probably resulted from the aerosolization of various holothurins, saponins secreted by sea cucumbers as mean of defense. Treatment was solely symptomatic and included decontamination of the skin and the eyes, inhaled glucocorticoids, anticholinergic agents and oral glucocorticoids. As the exposure resulted from a machine breakdown, no specific protective equipment was put in place. Employees were advised not to handle manuallythe sea cucumbers in case such a breakdown was to happen again. |
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Optimisation thérapeutique en Neuropsychopharmacologie (OPTeN (UMR_S_1144 / U1144)) Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) |
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Dufayet, Laurène Caré, Weniko de Haro, Luc Ameltchenko, Macha Knezynski, Marlène Vodovar, Dominique Langrand, Jérôme |
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Dufayet, Laurène Caré, Weniko de Haro, Luc Ameltchenko, Macha Knezynski, Marlène Vodovar, Dominique Langrand, Jérôme |
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Acute occupational exposure to holothurians (Cucumaria frondosa) resulting in irritating symptoms: About three cases |
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Acute occupational exposure to holothurians (Cucumaria frondosa) resulting in irritating symptoms: About three cases |
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Acute occupational exposure to holothurians (Cucumaria frondosa) resulting in irritating symptoms: About three cases |
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Acute occupational exposure to holothurians (Cucumaria frondosa) resulting in irritating symptoms: About three cases |
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Acute occupational exposure to holothurians (Cucumaria frondosa) resulting in irritating symptoms: About three cases |
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acute occupational exposure to holothurians (cucumaria frondosa) resulting in irritating symptoms: about three cases |
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Cucumaria frondosa Orange-footed sea cucumber |
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Cucumaria frondosa Orange-footed sea cucumber |
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ISSN: 0041-0101 EISSN: 0041-0101 Toxicon https://hal.science/hal-03907516 Toxicon, 2021, 189, pp.45-47. ⟨10.1016/j.toxicon.2020.11.006⟩ |
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