title: Acute hepatitis and renal failure following ingestion of raw carp gallbladders--Maryland and Pennsylvania, 1991 and 1994.
abstract: In some cultures, eating gallbladders from certain species of snakes, birds, or fish is believed to improve health. A syndrome of acute hepatitis and renal failure following the ingestion of raw carp gallbladders has been described previously among persons living in Asia (1-4). This report summarizes two cases of this syndrome that occurred in residents of Pennsylvania who had eaten the raw bile and gallbladders of carp caught in Maryland.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D000818:Animals; D001646:Bile; D002160:Cambodia / Q000208:ethnology; D002347:Carps / Q000378:metabolism; D003296:Cooking; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010414:Pennsylvania / Q000453:epidemiology; D017747:Seafood / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013577:Syndrome