PMID- 23472572
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130402
LR  - 20190923
IS  - 0035-8665 (Print)
IS  - 0035-8665 (Linking)
VI  - 158
IP  - 3
DP  - 2012 Sep
TI  - Beware the BATUS Cactus--cactus dermatitis in exercising soldiers on the Albertan 
      prairie.
PG  - 229-31
AB  - Species of the Opuntia or prickly pear genus of cacti are endemic to the British 
      Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) training area in Alberta, Canada. They are 
      known to provoke a dermatitis reaction in harvesters of the cacti fruit. It's 
      spines are frequently an uncomfortable nuisance to unwary soldiers exercising in 
      BATUS. We report two cases of particularly debilitating adverse skin reactions to 
      the cacti spines that occurred during the 2010 Exercise Prairie Thunder season.
FAU - Whitaker, J K H
AU  - Whitaker JK
AD  - 1 Med Regt, York Bks, Munster, Germany BFPO 17. johnwhitaker@doctors.net.uk
FAU - Bailey, K G
AU  - Bailey KG
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - J R Army Med Corps
JT  - Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
JID - 7505627
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Alberta/epidemiology
MH  - Dermatitis, Contact/diagnosis/epidemiology/*etiology
MH  - Diagnosis, Differential
MH  - Humans
MH  - Incidence
MH  - Male
MH  - *Military Personnel
MH  - Opuntia/*adverse effects
MH  - Skin/*injuries
MH  - Wounds and Injuries/*complications/diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2013/03/12 06:00
MHDA- 2013/04/03 06:00
CRDT- 2013/03/12 06:00
PHST- 2013/03/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/03/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/04/03 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1136/jramc-158-03-17 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J R Army Med Corps. 2012 Sep;158(3):229-31. doi: 10.1136/jramc-158-03-17.