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Just the Facts: Management of cyclopeptide mushroom ingestion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2020

Nicholas J. Connors*
Affiliation:
Palmetto Poison Center, Columbia, SC
Robert S. Hoffman
Affiliation:
Division of Medical Toxicology, Ronald O. Perelman Center for Emergency Services, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY
Sophie Gosselin
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, QC Centre antipoison du Québec, Québec City, QC Département de Médecine d'Urgence, CISSS – Montérégie Centre, Greenfield Park, QC
*
Correspondence to: Dr. Nicholas Connors, 169 Ashley Ave., MSC 300, Charleston, SC 29464; Email: nicholasconnors@gmail.com

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A 54-year-old woman prepares dinner around 8:00 pm that includes mushrooms that she picked from her yard. The next morning, around 8:00 am, the woman (patient), her daughter, and son-in-law all develop abdominal cramps, violent vomiting, and diarrhea. They present to the emergency department and are admitted for dehydration and intractable vomiting with a presumed diagnosis of food poisoning. Twenty-four hours later, they appear well with stable vital signs and improved symptoms. Four hours later, 36 hours post-ingestion, the patient becomes lethargic. A venous blood gas reveals pH, 7.1; PCO2, 16 mmHg; and her AST was 3140 units/L with an ALT of 4260 units/L and an INR of 3.7.

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