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TOXIC MUSHROOM
INGESTIONS A Toxidrome Based Approach
James R. Addison MD August 30 2015
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OBJECTIVES
• Ability to recognize specific toxidromes
• Requires minimal knowledge of mushrooms!
• Recognize the importance of interval from ingestion to
onset of symptoms
• Ability to describe basic mushroom anatomy
• Approach to triage and treatment
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OUTLINE
• Brief introduction to mushrooms
• Review of specific toxins/toxidromes and the mushrooms
that cause them
• Case reviews
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SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM
• 6,000 reported toxic mushroom ingestions reported in US
in 2013
• Represent <1% of poisonings reported to poison control
• 4-5 deaths per year in US over the last decade
• Majority of exposures involve gastrointestinal toxins only
• UPHSM sees average 1-2 serious poisonings per year
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SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM
• Poisonings may result from
• Mistaken identity
• Inadvertent ingestion of mushroom (toddlers)
• Intentional poisoning
• Increase in foraging over the past decade leads to increasing
problems with inexperienced foragers
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The Mushroom Life Cycle
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Gills
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Pores
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Teeth
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Scales and ring
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Volva
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Staining
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IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS
• Color/staining
• Substrate (if known)
• Ring present/absent
• Volva present/absent
• Scales present/absent
• Gills, pores or teeth on underside of cap
• If not a cap mushroom, describe the shape, etc.
• Club shaped, brain-like, coral-like, shelf, etc.
• Odor
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Important Questions to Ask
• Symptoms at presentation?
• Any alcohol consumed?
• How many specimens were consumed?
• Had patient consumed this mushroom before?
• Is a specimen of the mushroom available?
• Photograph of mushroom?
• How long after ingestion did symptoms begin?
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TOXINS/TOXIDROMES
• Early onset
• 1-6 hours post ingestion
• Delayed onset
• > 6 hours post ingestion
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EARLY ONSET
• GI Irritants
• Muscarine
• Coprine
• Isoxazoles
• Psylocybin/hallucinogens
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GI Irritants
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GI IRRITANTS
• Heterogeneous group of toxins
• Some are idiosyncratic—i.e., some people do not tolerate
morels
• Characterized by abdominal pain nausea, vomiting and
diarrhea
• Onset: 30 minutes to 3 hours post ingestion
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Gastrointestinal Irritants
Treatment
• Hydration and electrolyte replacement are most important
aspect of treatment
• Anti-emetic medications (odansetron, prochlorperazine)
may be helpful
• Anti-diarrheal medications may also help
• No long term sequelae of toxicity
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MUSCARINE
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Ach vs Muscarine
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Muscarine receptors
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Muscarine clinical correlation
• Causes a syndrome of cholinergic excess with symptom onset within 30- 60 minutes of ingestion
• Salivation
• Lacrimation
• Urinary incontinence
• Diarrhea
• Gastrointestinal upset
• Eye (blurred vision)
• B/Bradycardia/bronchorrhea
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Muscarine treatment
• Supportive care with fluid resuscitation
• Bronchodilator
• If significant symptomatic bradycardia, atropine at routine
therapeutic doses
• Atropine is also indicated for severe bronchorrhea
• Expect complete recovery without long term sequelae
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Coprine
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Coprine Structure
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Coprine--Clinical
• Inhibits aldehyde dehydrogenase leading to accumulation
of aldehydes upon metabolism of ethanol
• Disulfuram-like reaction requires co-ingestion of alcohol
• Onset of symptoms within 30-60 minutes
• Symptoms include agitation, palpitations, tachycardia,
diaphoresis, gut cramps
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Coprine--Treatment
• Supportive care with fluids
• May develop dysrrhythmias (usually supraventricular) that
can be treated as one would normally approach
• No long term sequelae
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ISOXAZOLE
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Isoxazole—Structure
Ibotenic acid Muscimol
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Isoxazoles--Clinical
Onset of action 30-60 minutes post ingestion
• Two types of isoxazole are present
• Muscimol: sedating (stimulates GABA receptors)
• Ibotenic acid: excitatory (stimulates glutamic acid receptors)
• May cause significant agitation, muscle fasciculations and seizures if Ibotenic acid is predominant
• May induce coma if Muscimol is predominant
• Concentrations of components varies from specimen to specimen
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Isoxazoles--Treatment
• Supportive care and reassurance if hallucinations are
bothersome
• Seizures may respond to benzodiazepines, although may
require higher than normal doses
• Although generally not considered a deadly toxin,
protracted seizures may lead to aspiration and death
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Hallucinogens
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Psilocybe
cubensis
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Psilocybin--Structure
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Psilocybin--Clinical
• Onset of action is 30-90 minutes post-ingestion
• Produces hallucinations
• May cause transient nausea and vomiting
• Resolves without intervention
• Benzodiazepines may help with agitation and disorientation
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Psilocybin--Treatment
• Treatment is purely supportive—reassurance, benzos
may help if agitation is present
• Hallucinations usually subside after 3-6 hours
• No long term sequelae (flashbacks are reported with less
frequency than with other hallucinogens).
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DELAYED ONSET TOXINS
• Gyromitrin
• Amatoxin
• Orellanine
• Allenic norleucine
• Tricholoma myotoxin
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Gyromitrin
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Gyromitrin--Clinical
• The parent compound is metabolized to
monomethylhydrazine
• Adverse effects include hemolysis and seizures
• Toxin is water soluble and heat labile
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Gyromitrin Monomethylhydrazine
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GYROMITRIN
• MMH inhibits Glutamate dehydrogenase
• Glutamate (excitatory NT)≠GABA (inhibitory)
• Results in hyperexcitability and seizures
• Inhibits Phosphofructokinase
• Multiple toxic metabolic intermediaries-hydrazones, etc.
that injure lipid molecules in cell walls
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Gyromitrin—Clinical
• Initial symptoms: severe nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, headache and may also include seizures
• Symptom onset 8-12 hours post ingestion
• May develop methemaglobinemia
• In severe intoxication there is a progression of illness to hepatic injury and renal failure (pigment induced)
•
• Symptoms are similar to those of toxicity from INH, also a hydrazine
• Seizures are the most serious acute manifestation of toxicity
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Gyromitrin--Treatment
• Supportive care with fluid and electrolyte replacement
• Methemaglobinemia can be treated with methylene blue
• Seizures respond to routine anticonvulsants
• Check glucose and provide D50 if hypoglycemia present
• May require dialysis and possibly liver transplantation
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Amatoxin
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Amanitin Structure
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Amatoxin Clinical
• Inactivates DNA dependent RNA polymerase
• Requires active transport into the cell by organic anion
transporting polypeptide 1B3 and sodium taurocholate co-
transporter
• Symptom onset: at least 6 hours after ingestion, often
longer
• Initial symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea and gut
cramps
• Asymptomatic period of latency may occur lasting several
days
• May lead to massive hepatic necrosis and hepatic failure
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Amatoxin treatment
• Initial treatment is supportive
• Activated charcoal may be of some benefit as the toxin
undergoes enterohepatic circulation
• Liver transplantation is definitive treatment for those with
hepatic injury that do not recover
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Amatoxin treatment-New Horizons
• IV Sylibinin (Legalon®)
• Inhibits transmembrane transport of toxin
• Study is ongoing, but early results appear favorable
• 50% reduction in mortality compared with historical controls
• Biliary drainage
Mengs, Ulrich; Ralf-Torsten Pohl; Todd
Mithcell: Legalon SIL: The Antidote of Choice
in Patients with Acute Hepatotoxicity from
Amatoxin Poisoning. Current Pharmaceutical
Biochemistry, 2012, 13, 1064-1970
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Orellanine
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Orellanine
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Orellanine Clinical
• Causes acute interstitial nephritis and kidney failure
• Nature of the insult is unclear
• Initial mild gastroenteritis-type illness that passes
spontaneously
• More severe symptoms are delayed for days after
ingestion.
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Orellanine Treatment
• No specific antidote known
• Initial management the same as for any presentation of
acute renal failure
• Patients with persistent renal failure may require long
term dialysis and/or transplantation
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Tricholoma myotoxin
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Tricholoma Myotoxin Clinical
Little is know about the structure of this toxin or it’s
mechanism of toxicity
First described in France in the 1990s
The mushrooms have been commonly eaten for many
years
Effect (rhabdomyolysis) appears to be cumulative and to
require repeated exposure to cause toxicity
Wild-Mushroom Intoxication as a Cause of
Rhabdomyolysis. Bedry, et. al NEJM, 345, 11, 9-13-01
798-802
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Tricholoma Myotoxin Treatment
• No specific treatment is known
• Muscle enzyme abnormalities normalize with abstinence
from the mushroom
• With severe rhabdomyolysis may develop pigment
induced acute tubular necrosis
• Fluids and alkalinization of the urine, as for rhabdo of any
cause, may help to minimize risk of renal injury
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Allenic Norleucine
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Allenic Norleucine Clinical
• Late onset of toxicity although may cause early (within 6
hours) gastroenteritis
• Ultimately causes renal failure from interstitial nephritis
• May take 10 days or more to cause symptomatic renal
failure
• Temporal link between ingestion and onset of renal failure
may be missed
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Allenic Norleucine Treatment
• Treat as for any cause of acute renal failure
• Dialysis is appropriate with severe oliguric renal failure.
• May recover normal renal function
Amanita Smithiana Mushroom ingestion: A
Cause of Delayed Renal Failure and
Literature Review. West, et al. Journal of
Medical Toxicology 5,1, 2009 32-38
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Encephalopathic mycotoxicity
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Encephalopathic mycotoxicity
• Mechanism of toxicity is poorly understood
• Toxicity occurred in people in Japan who had known
chronic renal failure and ingested Pleurocybella
• Casues a syndrome of acute encephalitis
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Case #1
• 64 yo man presents to the ED stating he ate poison mushrooms and is now sick. His family have a picture of Amanita virosa and believe this is the mushroom he has ingested. He ate a “handful” of the mushroom. He did not consume alcohol proximate to the ingeston
• Patient notes onset of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea approximately 12 hours after ingestion
• He is taking multiple medications: hydrochlorthizide, celecoxib, omeprazole, allopurinol, fluoxetine, rosuvastatin, amlodipine, lisinopril
• PMHx significant for mild aortic stenosis and osteoarthritis
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Case #1
• Exam: Uncomfortable man with orthostatic blood pressure
changes and dry mucous membranes
• There is no scleral icterus
• Cardiac exam reveals a 2/6 systolic murmur
• Remainder of exam is stated to be normal
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Case #1
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Case #1
• Labs:
• AST: 60
• ALT: 59
• BUN: 59
• Creatinine: 5.7
• INR: 1.1
• CK: 1383
• Myoglobin: 3293
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Case #1
• Clinical course:
• Patient hydrated with return of BUN and creatinine to normal within 48 hours
• Transaminases, bilirubin, INR remained normal
• Discharged from the hospital in good and stable condition
• Transaminases remained normal 2 and 6 weeks post discharge
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Case #2
• 75 yo man seen at a local emergency department after
eating “beefsteak” (Gyromitra esculenta) mushrooms. He
stated that he had eaten large amounts of these
mushrooms for several days in a row (he had eaten them
before without ill effect) and became ill with vomiting,
profuse diarrhea, abdominal pain and bloating and
passage of red urine after the third meal.
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Case #2
• PMHx significant for hypertension, hyperlipidemia, atrial fibrillation
• PSHx significant for bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement
• Meds: coumadin, hydrochlorthizide, Lipitor, diltiazem
• Exam: VS normal at time of my exam. Marked scleral icterus, dry mucous membranes and a soft systolic murmur.
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Case #2
• Labs:
• WBC: 8.6 with normal differential
• Hb/Hct: 12.2/37.5
• Peripheral smear: Anisocytosis and Shistocytosis noted
• INR: 2.1
• Bilirubin: 6.6
• AST: 1141
• ALT: 747
• Alk Phos: 61
• No evidence of hepatitis A,B or C infection
• UA: Dipstick positive for blood with no RBCs seen
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Case #2
• Hospital Course:
• Patient was aggressively hydrated and liver functions slowly
returned to normal
• Discharged with normal kidney function and improved
transaminases
• 6 month follow-up: complete recovery
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Summary
• Early onset of symptoms suggests a less serious ingestion (beware multiple ingestions)
• Delayed onset of symptoms suggests a more serious in- gestion
• Few specific antidotes other than Atropine for muscarine intoxication and sylibinin for amatoxin ingestion
• Early recognition and intervention is the most important prognostic factor
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The ugliest mushroom I have ever seen?
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References and Resources
• Lincoff, G., D.H. Mitchell. 1977. Toxic and Hallucinogenic
Mushroom Poisoning. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company,
New York, New York.
• Barron, George. 1999. Mushrooms of Northeast North
America: Midwest to New England. Lone Pine Publishing,
Auburn, Washington.
• Ostry, Michael, Neil A. Anderson, Joseph G. O’Brien. Field
Guide to Common Macrofungi in Eastern Forests and
Their Ecosystem Functions. U.S. Forest Service
Publications. Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
• Addison, James. An Interesting Case of Mushroom
Poisoning. McIllvainea 23, 1-5.
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References and Resources
• Bedry, Regis, et. al. Wild Mushroom Intoxication as a Cause of Rhabdomyolysis. NEJM 345:11, 2001. 798-802
• Mengs, Ulrich, Ralf-Torsten Pohl and Todd Mitchell. Legalon SIL: The Antidote of Choice in Patients With Acute Hepatotoxicity from Amatoxin Poisoning. Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology 13, 2012. 1964-1970.
• West, Patrick L., Janet Lindfren, B. Zane Horowitz, MD. Amanita smithiana Mushroom Ingestion: A Case of Delayed Renal Failure and Literature Review. Journal of Medical Toxicology 5:1, 3-2009. 32-38.
• Beug, Michael W., Marilyn Shaw and Kenneth Cochran. Thirty-Plus Years of Mushroom Poisoning: Summary of Approximately 2,000 Reports in the NAMA Case Registry. McIllvainea 16:2, Fall 2006. 47-68.
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• Lima, A. D. L., R. Costa fortes, M. R. C. Garbi Novaies
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• Kirchmar, Martin, et. al. Amanita poisonings resulting in
acute, reversible renal failure: new cases, new toxic
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