Two Case Reports of Scombroid in Singapore: A Literature Review

Scombroid is a foodborne illness that results from eating improperly handled fish. Due to a disruption in the cold chain, these fish have high histamine levels. As a result, scombroid presents with allergy-like symptoms but is not really an allergy per se. Cases have been reported in many countries....

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Autores principales: Lalmalani, Roshan M, Gan HS, Jaryl, Stacey, Simon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8958129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35371712
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22580
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description Scombroid is a foodborne illness that results from eating improperly handled fish. Due to a disruption in the cold chain, these fish have high histamine levels. As a result, scombroid presents with allergy-like symptoms but is not really an allergy per se. Cases have been reported in many countries. Here, we report two cases of a 48 and 17-year-old father and son in Singapore who developed symptoms suggestive of scombroid after eating tuna imported from Vietnam delivered by an internationally known supply company. The diagnosis was confirmed by elevated histamine levels measured in the culprit fish product. We discuss the pathophysiology, signs, symptoms, and management of scombroid.
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spelling pubmed-89581292022-03-31 Two Case Reports of Scombroid in Singapore: A Literature Review Lalmalani, Roshan M Gan HS, Jaryl Stacey, Simon Cureus Emergency Medicine Scombroid is a foodborne illness that results from eating improperly handled fish. Due to a disruption in the cold chain, these fish have high histamine levels. As a result, scombroid presents with allergy-like symptoms but is not really an allergy per se. Cases have been reported in many countries. Here, we report two cases of a 48 and 17-year-old father and son in Singapore who developed symptoms suggestive of scombroid after eating tuna imported from Vietnam delivered by an internationally known supply company. The diagnosis was confirmed by elevated histamine levels measured in the culprit fish product. We discuss the pathophysiology, signs, symptoms, and management of scombroid. Cureus 2022-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8958129/ /pubmed/35371712 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22580 Text en Copyright © 2022, Lalmalani et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8958129/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22580
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