Two Cases of Mushroom Poisoning byPodostroma Cornu-Damae
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Two Cases of Mushroom Poisoning by Podostroma Cornu-Damae
Podostroma cornu-damae is a rare fungus that houses a fatal toxin in its fruit body. In this case report, two patients collected and boiled the wild fungus in water, which they drank for one month. One patient died, presenting with desquamation of the palms and soles, pancytopenia, severe sepsis and multiple organ failure. The other patient recovered after one month of conservative care after a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Yonsei Medical Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0513-5796,1976-2437
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2013.54.1.265