title: Flagellate dermatitis after consumption of Shiitake mushrooms.
abstract: Flagellate dermatitis occurs in patients who have eaten Shiitake mushrooms. We are reporting on a 55-year-old man, who developed whiplash-striped, severely itching efflorescences on the trunk 3 days after eating Lentinula edodes. Flagellate dermatitis is also known as a cutaneous side effect of bleomycin therapy.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklink für Dermatologie und Venerologie, Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany. Head of Clinic: Prof. Wolfgang C. Marsch MD, PhD.
authors.forename: Agnieszka B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Czarnecka
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklink für Dermatologie und Venerologie, Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany. Head of Clinic: Prof. Wolfgang C. Marsch MD, PhD.
authors.forename: Burkhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kreft
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklink für Dermatologie und Venerologie, Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany. Head of Clinic: Prof. Wolfgang C. Marsch MD, PhD.
authors.forename: Wolfgang Ch
authors.initials: WCh
authors.lastname: Marsch
keywords: Shiitake mushrooms; flagellate dermatitis; latency; toxicoderma; whiplash-like efflorescences
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