Megan Sarnecki, MD

Medical Director
Iliuliuk Family Health Services Clinic
Unalaska, Alaska

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Toxicology

A Case of Paralytic Shellfish Toxin Poisoning in the Aleutian Islands

4/15/2024 Sarah Spelsberg, MD, FAWM, FEWM , Megan Sarnecki, MD , Sara Filmalter, MD, CAQSM, FAWM, DiDMM , Abraham Boxx, BCP, NR-P, FP-C, BSN, FAWM , Heather Edmison, FP-C , Holli Carter, RN, BSN, CCRN, CFRN

Paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) is caused by eating filter feeders contaminated by paralytic shellfish toxin from algae. Toxin levels contained in a single shellfish can be fatal to humans. In cas

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