Mycology - Mycetismus

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A 35-year-old male sailboat captain pulls into port with a crew showing symptoms of dehydration, muscle cramps, sweating and salivation.
One crewman is in a coma.
The captain states they bought some mushrooms two days ago and ate them yesterday.
This form of mycetismus is called

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Choleriformis

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A Boy Scout troop leader states that his whole troop is ill and has yellow-colored skin and eyes.
They ate dinner 8 hours earlier when one of the troop picked mushrooms and prepared them for her troop members.
Examination reveals hemoglobinuria, hemolysis and jaundice in the sick children.
This condition is caused by species of

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Helvella

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6-8 hrs: hemoglobinuria, hemolysis and jaundice

mushroom resembles Morchella

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Mycetismus sanguinarius

species: Helvella

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30-60min: Halucinations

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Mycetismus cerebralis

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1-6hrs: nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea, death

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Mycetismus gastrointestinalis

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1-2hrs: convulsions, delirium, cardiac and respiratory failure, hallucinations

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Mycestismus nervosa

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what are the 2 mycetismus forms that cause hallucination?

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Cerebralis and Nervosa

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mycetismus forms: Amanita

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chleriformis and nervosa

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A 40-year-old male decides to treat his family to a freshly picked mushroom salad.

The next day, they all began vomiting and had persistent diarrhea.

He decided to send his family to the emergency room when some of his children complained of muscle cramps.

Before admission to the hospital, two children went into a coma; one quit breathing.

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Mycetismus choleriformis

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Mycetismus choleriformis is a severe and frequently fatal illness produced my the ingestion of toxins form the species of

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Amanita and Galerina

Amanda the Galerina had muscle cramps because she was dehydrated.