Fatal muscarinic syndrome after eating wild mushrooms

Pauli, J.; Foot, Carole

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06705.x

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“…This is because the most severe forms of poisoning and fatalities are usually due to ingestion of mushrooms from this group [3, 4], except for sporadically reported cases due to other mushroom groups [13]. …”

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“…In 2007, Pauli and Foot described the first ever reported fatality in Australia due to the ingestion of wild mushrooms with muscarinic syndrome [13]. In their case, it was a 53-year-old woman who died 10 h post ingestion of Rubinoboletus sp., which had not been reported to result in death in the English language literature before [13]. This again testifies to the rarity of fatality secondary to ingestion of muscarine-containing mushrooms.…”

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Early onset muscarinic manifestations after wild mushroom ingestion

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Despite being a favorite delicacy, only 200–300 of the 5,000 known mushroom species have been clearly established to be safe for consumption. Cases of mushroom poisoning have been reported with diverse clinical syndromes. A syndromic classification of mushroom poisoning has recently been developed to facilitate early interventions. We present a series of five cases of mushroom poisoning with muscarinic manifestations to highlight the difficulties we faced with exact species and toxin identification and the importance of this syndromic classification. The common symptoms in our case series are blurred vision, diarrhea, vomiting, and abdominal cramps.

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Early onset muscarinic manifestations after wild mushroom ingestion

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“…Ethnomycological research in Australia indicates only rare use of fungi as food or internal medicine by indigenous Australians (Mallet and Grgurinovic 1996) and hence the toxicity of native species is largely unknown. Knowledge of toxicity for the few species where this has been established is derived from poisoning cases due to confusion of native mushroom species with known edible northern hemisphere species (Pauli and Foot 2005).…”

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Ethanolic and aqueous extracts derived from Australian fungi inhibit cancer cell growth in vitro

Beattie¹,

Ulrich

Grice

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Mycologia

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Fifteen Australian macrofungi were investigated for cytotoxic activity. Ethanol, cold and hot water extracts of each species were screened for cytotoxic activity against normal mouse fibroblast cells (NIH/3T3), healthy human epithelial kidney cells (HEK-293), four cancer cell lines, gastric adenocarcinoma cells (AGS), two mammary gland adenocarcinoma cells (MDA-MB-231, MCF7) and colorectal adenocarcinoma cells (HT-29) with a validated MTT assay. Most extracts derived from Omphalotus nidiformis, Cordyceps cranstounii and Cordyceps gunnii demonstrated significant cytotoxic activity toward a variety of cancer cell lines. In contrast only some extracts from Coprinus comatus, Cordyceps hawkesii, Hypholoma fasciculare, Lepista nuda, Leratiomyces ceres and Ophiocordyceps robertsii displayed significant cytotoxic activity, which was usually selective for only one or two cancer cell lines tested. The least cytotoxic species evaluated in this study were Agaricus bitorquis, Coprinopsis atrametaria, Psathyrella asperospora, Russula clelandii, Tricholoma sp. AU2 and Xerula mundroola.

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“…[456] Toxicities usually occur due to accidental consumption of toxic mushrooms by mistaken identity.…”

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Muscarinic toxicity among family members after consumption of mushrooms

George¹,

Hegde²

2013

Toxicol Int

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Mushrooms are commercially cultivated over the world and safe for human consumption, except in those with known allergies. Among the thousands of mushroom species identified, few are considered to be edible. Mushroom hunting has emerged as an adventure and recreational activity in recent decades. Wild forms of mushrooms are often poisonous and visually mimic the edible ones, thus leading to mistaken harvesting, consumption, and toxicities. In literature, various systemic toxic syndromes associated with mushroom poisoning have been described. We report four members of a family with muscarinic manifestations after accidental consumption of poisonous mushrooms. The Clitocybe species of mushrooms they consumed resulted in their muscarinic toxicity. Patients with muscarinic mushroom toxicity have early onset of symptoms and they respond well to atropine and symptomatic supportive care.

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Fatal muscarinic syndrome after eating wild mushrooms

Cited by 36 publications

References 4 publications

Early onset muscarinic manifestations after wild mushroom ingestion

Early onset muscarinic manifestations after wild mushroom ingestion

Ethanolic and aqueous extracts derived from Australian fungi inhibit cancer cell growth in vitro

Muscarinic toxicity among family members after consumption of mushrooms

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