Amanita phalloides poisoning and treatment with silibinin in the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales.

Amanita poisoning during the second trimester of pregnancy. A case report and a review of the literature.

Amanita phalloides-type mushroom poisoning is well recognized as causing acute liver injury and often death. Less is known, however, of whether maternal Amanita poisoning is associated with fetal damage or not. In August 1991 four members of a family were hospitalized with food intoxication caused by Amanita phalloides and Amanita verna. One of them died from hepatic and renal failure. The surv...

Amanita Phalloides Intoxication Misdiagnosed as Acute Appendicitis: A Case Report

Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency of the childhood. Its diagnosis is really challenging. A constellation of through history taking, physical examination, radiographic investigations, and laboratory analysis should be used to balance the risk of delayed operative intervention against the removal of a normal appendix. Here a case with misdiagnosis of acute app...

First intoxication with freshly picked Amanita phalloides in winter time in central Europe.

On December 5th of 2006 a 72 year old, otherwise healthy man from Asian descent, was admitted to the emergency department of a hospital in central Switzerland with symptoms of acute gastroenteritis. History revealed ingestion of a freshly picked mushroom 24 hours previously. Urine tested positive on α-amanitin. He was started on therapy with activated charcoal, N-acetylcysteine and silibinin. D...

Acute Liver Failure Caused by Amanita phalloides Poisoning

Mushroom poisoning is a relatively rare cause of acute liver failure (ALF). The present paper analyzes the pathogenesis, clinical features, prognostic indicators, and therapeutic strategies of ALF secondary to ingestion of Amanita phalloides, which represents the most common and deadly cause of mushroom poisoning. Liver damage from Amanita phalloides is related to the amanitins, powerful toxins...

[Contribution to the diagnosis and therapy of mushroom poisoning by Amanita phalloides (death cup)].