Prurido do traje de banho: relato de seis casos no Sul do Brasil

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Seabather's eruption: report of fourteen cases

“…unguiculata was identified by Silveira and Morandini (1998a, b) (Haddad Jr et al 2001). In that same year, Rossetto et al (2007) observed the first cases of the disease on the north coast of Santa Catarina. This paper presents fourteen cases of the SBE in southern Brazil, and alerts health teams to possible epidemics on the Santa Catarina coast.…”

“…The authors emphasize that the incidence of dermatitis in Brazil is probably underestimated because many victims do not seek medical attention (Rossetto et al 2007(Rossetto et al , 2009. This is possibly due to high level of spontaneous resolution in two weeks.…”

“…The planula larvae are about 0.5 mm in size, and become trapped by the fibers of the bathing suit, especially when the swimmer leaves the sea and the bathing suit drains the water, acting like a filter (Rossetto et al 2007(Rossetto et al , 2009). The process can also be triggered by contact with freshwater, or pressure (Haddad Jr 2008, Rossetto et al 2009.…”

Seabather's eruption: a clinical and epidemiological study of 38 cases in Santa Catarina State, Brazil

“…The first descriptions of the disease occurred in 1903, in Florida, United States, by an unknown citizen and in 1939, as medical report, by Thomas 9,20,.22 . HADDAD Jr. et al described the first cases of the disease observed in Brazil in 2001 9 and ROSSETTO et al described additional cases in South region in 2007 22 .…”

“…BLACk et al in 1994 indicated for the first time the planulae larvae of the scyphomedusae Linuche unguiculata as the probable etiologic agent of dermatitis 1 . This small jellyfish, with a size around 1.5 cm in diameter, is common in the waters of the Caribbean (Belize, Cuba, Mexico), Gulf of Mexico and tropical North Atlantic West (Florida, Cuba and Bahamas), with numerous reports of the disease in those regions, which reaches epidemic proportions 9,20,22 . The planulae larvae of Linuche unguiculata measure approximately 0.5 mm and are small enough to pass through the mesh of swimwear 16 .…”