Seabather's eruption: report of five cases in southeast region of Brazil

• Main Authors: Vidal HADDAD JUNIOR, João Luiz Costa CARDOSO, Fábio Lang da SILVEIRA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 2001
• Subjects: Dermatitis; Jellyfishes; Nematocists; Cnidaria; Marine animals; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/c9e7b9fbe7e9439ca2eaa13e3f4b8030

The authors report five cases of seabather's eruption, a typical dermatitis associated predominantly to the jellyfish Linuche unguiculata (Cnidaria), that causes erythematous and pruriginous papules on areas of the skin of bathers covered by swimsuits. The rash is characteristic and the eruption is commom in the Caribbean, Florida, Mexico and Gulf States of USA. The cases are the first reported in Brazil and larvae of the jellyfish are present in the waters where the accidents happened.