A CASE DELAYED ABOUT FUNGAL INTOXICATION AND THE LITERATURE REVIEW
İrem Akin Şen*, Metin Kilinç, Cem Şen and Hülya Sungurtekin
ABSTRACT
With the begining of spring and autumn months, the cases of fungal poisoning in emergency services have increased. Most of the poisonings have occured due to the consumption of wild mushrooms in yards and open areas. Eating of the mushrooms can cause not only to some slight symptoms such as nausea and vomiting but also to serious symptoms like renal and liver failures. Appeaance period of these symptoms and findings vary by the kind of toxin in the mushroom. In our study, it is told a case that consulted the epicenter due to the symptoms of nausea and vomiting but increased in the liver function test (LFT), were diagnosed lately and transferred to the intense care unit and treated there.
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