Type and treatment of toxic mushroom poisoning in Korea
Journal of Korean Medical Association 2015 DOI: 10.5124/jkma.2015.58.9.818 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Psilocybin |
| Keywords | Mushroom poisoning Ibotenic acid Amanita Toxicology Traditional medicine |
| Citations | 11 |
| Key findings | Toxic mushroom poisoning in Korea is most often due to incorrect identification, and poisoning types are classified by seven toxin groups, making clinical identification challenging but essential for treatment. |
Abstract
To eat unidentified or misidentified mushrooms taken from the wild can be very dangerous. In the vast majority of toxic mushroom ingestions in Korea, the mushroom was incorrectly identified. In general, poisoning of toxic mushrooms can be classified into seven types according to the toxins that they contain; amatoxin, gyromitrin, coprine, muscarine, ibotenic acid-muscimol, psilocybin-psilocin and gastrointestinal irritants. When clinicians care for a patient who ingested a toxic mushroom, it is very important to identify what kind of mushroom may have caused a patient's illness. But, in clinical practice, accurate botanical identification of the mushroom can be very difficult. Therefore, for estimating the caused mushroom and adequate treatment of poisoning, clinicians should know the type and treatment of toxic mushroom poisoning.
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