Mushroom Poisoning

04/01/2011 - "CONCLUSIONS. The factors associated with mortality determined in this retrospective study may be helpful for clinical outcome assessment and monitoring of patients with amatoxin-containing mushroom poisoning."
08/01/2012 - "More than 90% of all fatal mushroom poisonings worldwide are due to amatoxin containing species that grow abundantly in Europe, South Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. "
04/01/2011 - "OBJECTIVE. We aimed to determine clinical and laboratory findings that were different between those patients who died and those who survived and to look for factors associated with the mortality in amatoxin-containing mushroom poisoning. "
04/01/2011 - "Clinical features and outcome of patients with amatoxin-containing mushroom poisoning."
06/01/2007 - "Fatalities due to mushroom poisonings are increasing worldwide, with more than 90% of deaths resulting from ingestion of amatoxin-containing species. "

01/16/1988 - "High dose penicillin-G has been found empirically to be effective against liver cell damage in amanita mushroom poisoning. "

02/01/2005 - "Data sources from observation studies conducted over the period 1959-2002, and describing 28,018 mushroom poisonings since 1951, were collected from case reports, case series, regional descriptive studies, meta-analyses, and laboratory studies of mushroom poisonings and the toxicokinetics of mycotoxins. "
02/01/2005 - "Data sources from observation studies conducted over the period 1959-2002 and describing 28,018 mushroom poisonings since 1951 were collected from case reports, case series, regional descriptive studies, meta-analyses, and laboratory studies of mushroom poisonings and the toxicokinetics of mycotoxins. "

01/01/2001 - "Moreover, silybin 20 to 48 mg/kg/day has shown promise as an antidote for acute mushroom poisoning by Amanita phalloides; however, further studies paying attention to the amount of ingested mushroom and time elapsed before administration of treatment are needed to clarify its role in this indication. "
11/01/2012 - "Silibinin for cyclopeptide mushroom poisonings."
01/01/2001 - "Silybin 20 to 48 mg/kg/day has shown promise as a clinical antidote to acute Amanita (deathcap mushroom) poisoning. "
04/01/1997 - "The most promising new medical treatment for Amanita mushroom poisoning is silibinin. "
01/01/1999 - "In order to lower the incidence and mortality rate from phalloid mushroom poisoning the authors recommend preventive health education on the problem, targeting the population at risk and the introduction of contemporary diagnostic and treatment methods--determining the amatoxins, intravenous application of Silibinin and liver transplantation."

03/01/2011 - "The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiology of mushroom poisoning in Ireland, to describe the working arrangement between the National Poisons Information Centre (NPIC) and professional mycologists and to present a case series detailing the circumstances when mycologists were consulted. "
03/01/2011 - "Mushroom poisoning in Ireland: the collaboration between the National Poisons Information Centre and expert mycologists."
09/30/1997 - "[Poisonous mushrooms, mushroom poisons and mushroom poisoning. "
07/15/1971 - "[Mushroom poisoning, poisonous mushrooms and mushroom poisons. "
06/05/1970 - "[Mushroom poisons and mushroom poisoning]."

06/01/1992 - "Lipoic acid is a lipophilic antioxidant that participates in many enzymatic reactions and is used clinically to treat mushroom poisoning and metal toxicity. "
08/01/1976 - "phalloides-type mushroom poisoning treated with thioctic acid in the United States are summarized."
08/01/1976 - "Diagnosis and treatment of Amanita phalloides-type mushroom poisoning: use of thioctic acid."
01/24/1975 - "Thioctic Acid and mushroom poisoning."
12/23/1973 - "[The use of thioctic acid in mushroom poisoning by death-cup]."

06/01/2014 - "For acetaminophen and Amanita mushroom poisoning, there are specific therapies in use. "
10/01/1993 - "A few compounds such as acetaminophen, CCl4 and the toxin responsible for mushroom poisoning are toxic themselves or produce metabolites which cause liver injury in a uniform, dose-dependent fashion. "
11/01/2011 - "In drug or toxin-induced acute liver failure, such as paracetamol or mushroom poisoning, MARS™ has been used extensively, confirming in a non-randomized fashion, the positive effect observed in the larger population of acute liver failure patients. "
09/01/1999 - "We now report 6 Amanita mushroom poisonings with favorable outcome and 2 fatal acetaminophen poisonings in which the same markers were observed. "
09/01/2001 - "The most common etiologies are acute viral hepatitis A and B, medication overdose (e.g., acetaminophen), idiosyncratic drug reactions, ingestion of other toxins (e.g., amanita mushroom poisoning), and metabolic disorders (e.g., Reye's syndrome). "

01/01/2012 - "Disruption of enterohepatic circulation with activated charcoal is a common practice for several intoxications, including mushroom poisoning. "
04/01/2000 - "Continuous renal replacement therapy and charcoal plasmaperfusion in treatment of amanita mushroom poisoning."
01/01/2003 - "Acute liver failure (ALF) as a result of mushroom poisoning is associated with a high mortality (particularly in children), despite optimal medical therapy (OMT), including charcoal haemoperfusion and haemodiafiltration. "
10/01/1997 - "The results of amanitine sorption in in vitro experiments and in the treatment of human intoxications justify the use of biocompatible synthetic resin sorbents (Amberlite XAD-2) in the treatment of mushroom poisoning rather than active charcoal."

12/01/1993 - "Based on the classes of toxins and their clinical symptoms, seven different types of mushroom poisoning can be distinguished: (1) phalloides, (2) orellanus, (3) gyromitra, (4) muscarine, (5) pantherina, (6) psilocybin, and (7) gastrointestinal mushroom syndrome. "
04/08/1976 - "In clinical practice the classification of mushroom poisoning is possible in muscarine-syndrome, gastroenteritic syndrome and in two-phase-syndrome. "
03/19/1966 - "Muscarine and the phalloidins are the causative agents in mushroom poisoning. "

08/05/1993 - "The mushroom poisoning of phalloid type is caused by amatoxins, mainly by alpha-amanitine. "
01/01/2014 - "It was shown that the beta-amanitin may be responsible for toxicity, like alpha-amanitin, in Amanita phalloides mushroom poisoning. "

01/01/2005 - "In many cases of mushroom poisoning the patient dies because of unavailability of a liver graft. "
10/01/1992 - "We present a case of fulminant hepatic failure secondary to mushroom poisoning treated successfully with an orthotopic liver transplant."

03/01/2007 - "The aim of this study was to re-assess transplantation criteria in patients with mushroom poisoning. "
10/27/2006 - "Hepatocyte transplantation in an acute liver failure due to mushroom poisoning."
08/01/2003 - "We present three cases of mushroom poisoning, which presented a different clinical course ranging from complete recovery with traditional medical treatment to severe acute liver failure requiring transplantation in one patient and albumin dialysis (molecular absorbent recycling system [MARS]) in another with favorable outcome. "
05/01/2007 - "The reasons for transplantation were hepatitis A (3 patients); non-A, non-E hepatitis (3); autoimmune hepatitis (1); fulminant Wilson's disease (3); Amanita phalloides (mushroom) poisoning (1); and hepatitis B and toxic hepatitis with leflunomide treatment (1). "

10/01/2009 - "With conventional treatment, Amanita phalloides mushroom poisoning carries a substantial risk of mortality and many patients require liver transplantation. "
01/01/2009 - "If mushroom poisoning occurs, it is best treated with pharmacological agents, extracorporeal methods for toxin removal and liver transplantation. "
12/01/2002 - "Liver transplantation in three family members after Amanita phalloides mushroom poisoning."
09/01/2002 - "We present a case of FHF related to mushroom poisoning that required liver transplantation. "
09/01/2002 - "Liver transplantation in mushroom poisoning."

08/01/2006 - "[Successful treatment of mushroom poisoning by plasmapheresis: a case report]."
01/01/1998 - "Epidemiological characteristics, clinical picture and the outcome of the therapy with and without plasmapheresis are reported in 83 patients with mushroom poisoning. "
09/28/1987 - "[Plasmapheresis in the treatment of mushroom poisoning]."
10/01/1997 - "Early sorption haemoperfusion, either alone or combined with haemodialysis or plasmapheresis, prevent the development of hepatic and renal failure and significantly reduce the mortality from mushroom poisoning. "
05/01/1997 - "[Plasmapheresis and mushroom poisoning:report of a case of Amanita phalloides poisoning]."

04/01/2000 - "Hemoperfusion has been used in the treatment of mushroom poisoning for many years. "
08/05/1993 - "[Hemoperfusion in mushroom poisoning. "
08/01/1995 - "Intensive hemodialysis and hemoperfusion treatment of Amanita mushroom poisoning."
01/01/1980 - "Four patients with mushroom poisoning were treated with combined hemoperfusion-hemodialysis. "
01/01/1980 - "Resin hemoperfusion is of definite value in selected, severe cases of self-poisoning with psychotropic drugs such as TCA and possibly in cases of mushroom poisoning where the prognosis with hemodialysis and supportive therapy is doubtful."