Shellfish poisoning

Shellfish poisoning
Classification and external resources
Specialty	emergency medicine
ICD-10	T61.2
ICD-9-CM	988.0
DiseasesDB	32220
eMedicine	emerg/528
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Shellfish poisoning includes four (4) syndromes that share some common features and are primarily associated with bivalve molluscs (such as mussels, clams, oysters and scallops.) These shellfish are filter feeders and, therefore, accumulate toxins produced by microscopic algae, such as cyanobacteria, diatoms and dinoflagellates.

The syndromes are: