Roux X, Labadie P, Morand C, Fontaine B, Coutant G
Service d'anesthésie-réanimation, HIA Robert-Picqué, 351, route de Toulouse, B.P. 28, 33998 Bordeaux-Armées, France.
Ann Fr Anesth Reanim. 2008 May;27(5):450-2. doi: 10.1016/j.annfar.2008.03.003. Epub 2008 Apr 25.
Amatoxin poisoning constitutes the main cause of death due to mushroom intoxication in Europe. This one was initially reported for the ingestion of Amanita phalloides with frequently fatal outcome. Prognosis of amatoxin poisoning initialy depends on the acute deshydratation and secondarily of the liver failure. Emergency liver transplantation is sometimes necessary. With the knowledge of mushroom, most of them involved other species which can often be linked to edible mushroom. We report a collective intoxication by Lepiota brunneoincarnata.