Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 395-403 , September 2009

Irukandji Syndrome Case Series From Australia's Tropical Northern Territory

  • Christopher P. Nickson, MBChB, DTM&H

      Affiliations

    • Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
    • ,
  • Edith B. Waugh, MBBS, MPH&TM

      Affiliations

    • Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
    • ,
  • Susan P. Jacups, BN, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
    • Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, and Northern Territory Clinical School, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
    • ,
  • Bart J. Currie, FRACP, DTM&H

      Affiliations

    • Royal Darwin Hospital, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
    • Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, and Northern Territory Clinical School, Flinders University, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Bart J. Currie, FRACP, DTM&H, Menzies School of Health Research, PO Box 41096, Casuarina, NT 0811, Australia; +61 8 89228056, Fax +61 8 89275187

Received 4 August 2008 ,Revised 11 March 2009 ,Accepted 19 March 2009.

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 Author contributions: BJC conceived the study and obtained ethics approval. CPN and EBW reviewed the charts and performed the clinical data collection. SPJ obtained and analyzed the data on tidal information, predominant wind direction, and hourly water temperatures from the National Tidal Center. SPJ performed microscopy for nematocysts. CPN performed the data analysis, with substantial contributions from EBW and SPJ. CPN drafted the article; SPJ and BJC contributed substantially to its revision. BJC takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

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 Publication dates: Available online April 29, 2009.

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PII: S0196-0644(09)00284-4

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.03.022

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 3 , Pages 395-403 , September 2009

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