Toxin Reviews
Volume 35, Issue 1-2, 2016, Pages 1-3

An outbreak of non-fatal mushroom poisoning with Omphalotus olearius among Syrian refugees in Izmir, Turkey (Article)

Bal A. , Anil M. , Yilmaz I.* , Akata I. , Atilla O.D.
  • a Department of Pediatric Emergency, Turkey
  • b Department of Pediatric Emergency, Turkey
  • c Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
  • d Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey
  • e Department of Emergency Medicine, Izmir Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

Abstract

Outbreak of mushroom poisoning is uncommon in Izmir, Turkey. We report an outbreak of mushroom poisoning with Omphalotus olearius in Syrian refugees. Nineteen patients (median age: 7.8 year; age range: 2–52 years; 16 female, 3 male) were admitted to the adult and pediatric emergency departments of Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, due to vomiting and abdominal pain within 2 h after eating mushrooms. Transaminase levels were moderately elevated only in one patient. The symptoms disappeared in 8 h after admission. We present 19 Syrian refugees poisoning with O. olearius mushroom because of its rarity. In our opinion, this outbreak was a good example that how refugees can change the disease profile in emergency practice. © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Author Keywords

Omphalotus olearius poisoning Jack o’lantern mushroom non-fatal Syrian refugee

Index Keywords

hospital admission refugee vomiting alanine aminotransferase blood level alanine aminotransferase abdominal pain mushroom poisoning follow up clinical feature human laboratory test school child Adolescent male preschool child female aminotransferase blood level clinical article Article Omphalotus olearius adult infusion fluid aspartate aminotransferase abdominal cramp poisonous mushroom activated carbon conservative treatment medical history aspartate aminotransferase blood level dehydration Child
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84964577635&doi=10.3109%2f15569543.2016.1169548&partnerID=40&md5=4ff702fc93eb0b114812299b4692a5d0
DOI: 10.3109/15569543.2016.1169548
ISSN: 15569543
Original Language: English