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Plotosus lineatus, commonly known as the striped eel catfish, is a species of eeltail catfishes belonging to the family Plotosidae. Like most other members of the genus Plotosus, they possesses highly venomous spines that they can use to sting when threatened. The venom can cause mild to severe symptoms in humans.
Parasitic infestations, stings, and bites in humans are caused by several groups of animals belonging to the following phyla—Arthropoda, Chordata, Cnidaria, Nemathelminthes, Platyhelminthes, Annelida, and Protozoa
Fire ants also sting humans, Frye says, which can cause small pus-filled bumps on the skin, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Other symptoms: Ant bites are typically painful and itchy.
List of histologic stains that aid in diagnosis of cutaneous conditions; List of human leukocyte antigen alleles associated with cutaneous conditions; List of immunofluorescence findings for autoimmune bullous conditions; List of inclusion bodies that aid in diagnosis of cutaneous conditions; List of keratins expressed in the human ...
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Edwardsiella tarda is a member of the family Hafniaceae. [1] [2] The bacterium is a facultatively anaerobic, small, motile, gram negative, straight rod with flagella.[1] [2] Infection causes Edwardsiella septicemia (also known as ES, edwardsiellosis, emphysematous putrefactive disease of catfish, fish gangrene, and red disease) in channel catfish, eels, and flounder.
The diagnosis can be confirmed by microscopic examination of skin and gill smears. Scrapings of skin, fins or gill surfaces (using a cover slip or scalpel) and subsequent mounting on a microscope slide with a few drops of water under a cover slip should be examined under the light microscope (20-400 x magnification). The trophont is slowly ...
Jellyfish stings can trigger a complex immune response in human skin similar to the response to pathogens or allergens. When jellyfish venom , carried by the stinging cells of the animal ( nematocysts ), comes into contact with the skin, it interacts with various cells and substances in the body.