Citation

Chew KS, Mohidin MA, Ahmad MZ, Tuan Kamauzaman TH, Mohamad N. Int. J. Emerg. Med. 2008; 1(3): 205-208.

Affiliation

Emergency Medicine Department, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia, cksheng74@yahoo.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s12245-008-0054-y

PMID

19384518

PMCID

PMC2657287

Abstract

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.

Language: en