What therapy was found to be associated with higher survival rates compared with symptomatic care in amanitin mushroom toxicity in a review of 40 cases?
Monotherapy with silibinin or benzylpenicillin and combination therapy with N-acetyl cysteine/silibinin
Jia Lin Tan, Janine Stam, Aad P. van den Berg, Patrick F. van Rheenen, Bart G. J. Dekkers & Daan J. Touw (2022): Amanitin intoxication: effects of therapies on clinical outcomes – a review of 40 years of reported cases, Clinical Toxicology, DOI: 10.1080/15563650.2022.2098139
Contributed by: Florida/USVI Poison Information Center-Jacksonville Toxicology Fellowship
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