PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - John Whitaker
AU  - KG Bailey
TI  - Beware the BATUS Cactus – Cactus Dermatitis in Exercising Soldiers on the Albertan Prairie
AID  - 10.1136/jramc-158-03-17
DP  - 2012 Sep 01
TA  - Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps
PG  - 229--231
VI  - 158
IP  - 3
4099  - http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/158/3/229.short
4100  - http://militaryhealth.bmj.com/content/158/3/229.full
SO  - J R Army Med Corps2012 Sep 01; 158
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.