cyanobacteria poisoning

cyanobacteria poisoning
poisoning by cyanobacteria, usually after drinking contaminated water. The most common bacterial genera are Anabaena, Aphanizomenon, Gloeotrichia, Microcystis (Anacystis), Nodularia, and Oscillatoria. The condition is usually subacute, with liver damage, jaundice, sometimes bloody diarrhea, and photosensitization. Drinking of heavily contaminated water may cause acute symptoms such as muscle tremors, ataxia, dyspnea, cyanosis, and hyperesthesia so that a slight touch may cause convulsions and opisthotonos, which can be fatal.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Cyanobacteria — A division of the kingdom Prokaryotae consisting of unicellular or filamentous bacteria that are either nonmotile or possess a gliding motility, reproduce by binary fission, and perform photosynthesis with the production of oxygen. These blue… …   Medical dictionary

  • Cyanobacteria — Temporal range: 3500–0 Ma Had n Archean …   Wikipedia

  • Shellfish poisoning — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 32220 ICD10 = ICD10|T|61|2|t|51 ICD9 = ICD9|988.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = emerg eMedicineTopic = 528 MeshID = There are four syndromes called shellfish poisoning, which… …   Wikipedia

  • Paralytic shellfish poisoning — (PSP) is one of the four recognized syndromes of shellfish poisoning (the others being neurotoxic shellfish poisoning, diarrhetic shellfish poisoning and amnesic shellfish poisoning). All four syndromes share some common features and are… …   Wikipedia

  • Anabaena — A genus of Cyanobacteria found in fresh water that can cause odor in water supplies; although not invasive pathogens, they produce potent saxitoxinlike neurotoxins that can poison farm animals ingesting heavily infected pond water. * * *… …   Medical dictionary

  • Aphanizomenon — Aphan·i·zo·men·on (ə fan″ĭ zo menґon) a genus of cyanobacteria that sometimes contaminate water and can cause cyanobacteria poisoning …   Medical dictionary

  • Gloeotrichia — Gloe·o·trich·ia (gle″o trikґe ə) a genus of cyanobacteria that sometimes contaminate water and can cause cyanobacteria poisoning …   Medical dictionary

  • Microcystis — Mi·cro·cys·tis (mi″kro sisґtis) a genus of cyanobacteria that sometimes contaminates water and can cause cyanobacteria poisoning. Called also Anacystis …   Medical dictionary

  • Nodularia — Nod·u·la·ria (nod″u laґre ə) a genus of cyanobacteria; certain species, such as N. spumiґgena, sometimes contaminate water and can cause cyanobacteria poisoning …   Medical dictionary

  • Oscillatoria — Os·cil·la·to·ria (ə sil″ə toґre ə) a genus of cyanobacteria that sometimes contaminate water and can cause cyanobacteria poisoning …   Medical dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”