Double lethal coconut crab (Birgus latro L.) poisoning

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dc.contributor.authorMaillaud, C.
dc.contributor.authorLefebvre, S.
dc.contributor.authorSebat, C.
dc.contributor.authorCabalion, P.
dc.contributor.authorBarguil, Y.
dc.contributor.authorCheze, M.
dc.contributor.authorHnawia, E.
dc.contributor.authorNour, M.
dc.contributor.authorDurand, F.
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-26T06:34:19Z
dc.date.available2014-04-26T06:34:19Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractWe report a double lethal coconut crab Birgus latro L. poisoning in New Caledonia. Both patients died after showing gastro-intestinal symptoms, major bradycardia with marked low blood pressure, and finally asystolia. Both had significative hyperkaliemia, suggesting a digitaline-like substance intoxication. Traditional knowledge in the Loyalty Islands relates coconut crab toxicity to the consumption of the Cerbera manghas fruit by the crustacean. Elsewhere previous descriptions of human poisoning with the kernel of fruits of trees belonging to the genus Cerbera, known to contain cardiotoxic cardenolides, appear to be very similar to our cases. Cardenolides assays were performed on patient’s serum samples, fruit kernel and on the crustacean guts, which lead us to suppose these two fatal cases were the result of a neriifolin intoxication, this toxin having been transmitted through the coconut crab.en_US
dc.identifier.citationToxicon 55 (2010) 81–86en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/617
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectCoconut craben_US
dc.subjectBirgus latro L.en_US
dc.subjectPoisoningen_US
dc.subjectCardiorespiratory arresten_US
dc.subjectHyperkaliemiaen_US
dc.subjectCerbera manghas L.en_US
dc.subjectCardenolideen_US
dc.subjectNeriifolinen_US
dc.subjectLoyalty Islandsen_US
dc.subjectNew Caledoniaen_US
dc.titleDouble lethal coconut crab (Birgus latro L.) poisoningen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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