Cidney K. Neves Junior, Luciano Z. Goldani (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil)
(Reporte de caso)
Abstract: Ciguatera poisoning is the most common form of non-bacterial food-poisoning from fishworldwide. The incidence among Brazilians returning from high-risk regions is unclearbecause it is not a mandatory reportable disease. We describe a previously healthy 53-year-old Brazilian woman developed Ciguatera fish poisoning while traveling to Havana, Cuba. Physicians and health care professionals should advise travelers to avoid eating cigua-toxic fish species and potentially toxic fish species in the Caribbean islands. Despite theprognosis for most cases is good with a short duration of self-limited symptoms, earlyrecognition of the identifying clinical features of ciguatera can result in improved patientcare.
Keywords: Ciguatera, Caribbean, Brazilian traveller, fish poisoning
https://www.scielo.br/j/bjid/a/V5NJj6dpJsS3J3HwmM77czj/?format=pdf&lang=en
