Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning: A Case Series

We describe a case series of seven patients presenting to an emergency department with symptoms of paralytic shellfish poisoning. They developed varying degrees of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, ataxia and paresthesias after eating mussels harvested from a beach near their resort. Four patien...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: William Hurley, Cameron Wolterstorff, Ryan MacDonald, Debora Schultz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2014-07-01
Series:Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://escholarship.org/uc/item/43r6v4tk