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Stonefish Necrosis

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The marine environment is rich in poisonous and venomous animals and plants. Among them the stonefish is responsible for wounds with poisoning which sometimes evolve towards necrosis. The geographical distribution of such fish is widespread and it usually lives in shallow water; as a result the stings are not rare among the human population. The wounds of stings are at risk of extensive necrosis.

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    ITIS: information system taxonomique Integrated (Joined).

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    FishBase: consortium since 2000 established (constituted) by Africamuseum, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; Chinese Academy of Fisheries; Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia; United Nations Organization for the food (supply) and the agriculture (farming), IFM-GEOMAR; National natural history museum; Swedish Museum of Natural History; and WorldFish Center.

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Thanks to Elodie COUTURE for help to translation.

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  1. Unité de Médecine Hyperbare - Plaies et Cicatrisation, CHU de la REUNION-GHSR, BP 350, 97448, Saint-Pierre, Cedex, Réunion, France

    J. D. Harms & C. D’Andréa

  2. Département Universitaire de Médecine Générale, Université de Paris 13, Bobigny, France

    N. Fartaoui

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Correspondence to J. D. Harms .

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  1. Department of Surgery Pôle EMMBRUN Wound Healing Unit, Montpellier University Hospital, Montpellier, France

    Luc Téot

  2. Department of Geriatrics Wound Healing Unit, Hôpital Rothschild, Paris, France

    Sylvie Meaume MD, PhD

  3. Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Developmental and Reconstructive Medicine Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

    Sadanori Akita

  4. Division of Vascular Surgery Section of Wound Healing and Tissue, University of Illinois Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA

    William J. Ennis DO, MBA

  5. Department of Dermatology, Hôpital Erasme Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

    Veronique del Marmol

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Harms, J.D., D’Andréa, C., Fartaoui, N. (2015). Stonefish Necrosis. In: Téot, L., Meaume, S., Akita, S., Ennis, W.J., del Marmol, V. (eds) Skin Necrosis. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1241-0_40

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