title: Two cases of mushroom poisoning by Podostroma cornu-damae.
abstract: Podostroma cornu-damae is a rare fungus that houses a fatal toxin in its fruit body. In this case report, two patients collected and boiled the wild fungus in water, which they drank for one month. One patient died, presenting with desquamation of the palms and soles, pancytopenia, severe sepsis and multiple organ failure. The other patient recovered after one month of conservative care after admission. We found a piece of Podostroma cornu-damae in the remaining clusters of mushrooms. Mushroom poisoning by Podostroma cornu-damae has never been previously reported in Korea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Soon Ja
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Seok
authors.forename: Je Eun
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Jung Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Sang Hoon
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Jun Yong
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Chang Oh
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Young Goo
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: June Myung
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000378:metabolism; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000378:metabolism*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009145:Mushroom Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010198:Pancytopenia / Q000139:chemically induced; D056910:Republic of Korea
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents