Patients exposed to the toxic dinoflagellate Pfiesteria develop an illness characterized by
secretory diarrhea, conjunctival irritation, skin lesions, and varying degrees of neurologic …

Patients with exposure to Pfiesteria toxin have developedan illness, Pfiesteria-human
illnesssyndrome, characterized by skin lesions, headache, myalgias, conjunctival irritation …

Skin complaints, including an episodic burning sensation on contact with river water, were
common among 13 persons with exposure to Maryland's Pocomoke River in the summer of …

The first case reports of human illness caused by exposure to Pfiesteria piscicida toxin (s)
acquired outside of a laboratory are reported. Though Pfiesteria, a toxi …

Toxic activity of a Pfiesteria-like organism occurred for much of 1997 in the waters of the
lower Pocomoke River on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Maryland's experience with these toxic …

In the summer and fall of 1997, in the mid-Atlantic region, illness in fish and humans caused
by a toxic dinoflagellate, Pfiesteria piscicida (the" fish killer")(figure 1), became one of the …

Although the recently identified dinoflagellate, Pfiesteria piscicida, may have neurotoxic
effects on humans, the precise nature of the neurologic symptoms associated with varying …

Presumptive exposure to toxins produced by Pfiesteria piscicida, a small dinoflagellate
found in mid‐Atlantic estuarine waters, emerged as the cause of a novel human health …

A 5-year-old boy with known severe combined immunodeficiency disease presented with
chronic diarrhea, malabsorption and retarded growth. Candida albicans was found in distal …

Background At the beginning of autumn, 1996, fish with" punched-out" skin lesions and
erratic behaviour associated with exposure to toxins produced by Pfiesteria piscicida or …