Citation

Pérez-Moreno J, Pérez-Moreno A, Ferrera-Cerrato R. Mycopathologia 1994; 125(1): 3-5.

Affiliation

Sección de Microbiología, Colegio de Postgraduados, Edo. de México, Mexico.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8028641

Abstract

Mushroom poisonings caused by amatoxins are mostly lethal. Information about mycetisms caused by white species of Amanita is scarce. The present paper describes a case of mushroom poisoning caused by A. virosa. A prolongated latency period (6-10 hours), followed by cholera-like, improvement and visceral complication phases confirmed the amatoxin poisoning. The consumption of about 3 pounds of the toadstool by seven persons caused the death of five. Two patients survive the ingestion.

Language: en