What is it about?
A telemedicine case involving an unusual dermatitis in a seafarer, working isolated at sea, and the story of physician-entomologist collaboration to solve the medical mystery.
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Why is it important?
Seafarers work isolated from traditional medical services, and so optimizing telemedicine and collaboration remotely is key to providing high-quality medical care.
Perspectives
This was an interesting and exciting case, a diagnostic challenge for physicians working away from the tropics, and for seafarers with unusual hazards based on their constantly changing environmental conditions.
Rafael Lefkowitz
Yale University
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This page is a summary of: Paederus dermatitis in a seafarer diagnosed via telemedicine collaboration, Journal of Travel Medicine, March 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP),
DOI: 10.1093/jtm/taw017.
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