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Published on: February 14, 2011
[CME: Mushroom Poisoning in the Family Practice]
Katharina Schenk-Jäger1,2, Mirjam Gessler1, Stefan Weiler1
1Tox Info Suisse, Nationale Beratungsstelle für Vergiftungen, Assoziiertes Institut der Universität Zürich, Zürich.
Abstract:
CME: Mushroom Poisoning in the Family Practice Abstract. In the general medical practice, it is not trivial to distinguish between banal intolerances after consumption of edible mushrooms and the initial symptoms of poisoning with potentially fatal outcome. Nevertheless, there are some criteria that can be used as clinical guidance: A latency of six hours or more between the consumption of gilled mushrooms that have not been checked by experts and the onset of mostly severe vomiting and diarrhea is indicative of poisoning with amatoxins, the toxins i.e. in death caps (Amanita phalloides). Although the therapeutic options are controversial, prompt antidotal treatment with silibinin has proven to be effective.
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