Ng S, Gregory J
Public Health, Department of Human Services, 120 Spencer Street, Melbourne, Vic., Australia 3000.
Commun Dis Intell. 2000 Nov;24(11):344-6.
An outbreak of ciguatera fish poisoning in outer Melbourne in September 1997 was traced to a 16.2 kg Maori Wrasse fish imported into Victoria from Trunk Reef in Queensland. The outbreak involved 46 individuals attending a banquet at an Asian restaurant at which four different dishes prepared from the flesh and viscera of the fish were offered. In all 30 individuals consumed at least one of these dishes and all reported one or more symptoms, in the main gastrointestinal and/or in 18 cases neurological. Seventeen cases were seen in four different hospitals and nine were treated with parenteral mannitol therapy. Nine of 18 cases were still symptomatic 10 weeks after the episode. Education of Asian restaurateurs and the wider community about the risks of ciguatera fish poisoning was undertaken.
1997年9月，墨尔本外围地区爆发了雪卡毒素中毒事件，源头是一条从昆士兰的特伦克礁进口到维多利亚州的16.2公斤波纹唇鱼。此次事件涉及46人，他们在一家亚洲餐馆参加宴会，宴会上提供了用这种鱼的鱼肉和内脏制作的四种不同菜肴。共有30人食用了至少一道这些菜肴，所有人都报告出现了一种或多种症状，主要是胃肠道症状，18例还出现了神经症状。17例患者在四家不同医院接受治疗，9例接受了静脉注射甘露醇治疗。事件发生10周后，18例患者中有9例仍有症状。相关部门对亚洲餐馆老板和更广泛的社区进行了关于雪卡毒素中毒风险的教育。
