Mushroom poisoning of 1151 people in Iran ; the lessons learnt : a brief report of cases and the literature review

المؤلفون المشاركون

Ostadtaghi Zadah, Abbas
Aghababaeian, Hamid Rida
Rad, Muna Khalighi
Ahvazi, Ladan Araghi
Kiarsi, Maryam

المصدر

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

العدد

المجلد 21، العدد 9 (30 سبتمبر/أيلول 2019)، ص ص. 1-5، 5ص.

الناشر

المستشفى الإيراني

تاريخ النشر

2019-09-30

دولة النشر

الإمارات العربية المتحدة

عدد الصفحات

5

التخصصات الرئيسية

الصحة العامة

الموضوعات

الملخص EN

Background: In Spring 2018, due to intense rainfalls in Iran, plenty of mushrooms had grown, some of which were poisonous and their consumption had induced poisoning in people of different provinces; 1151 mushroom poisoning cases were reported within 25 days from 12 May to 9 July 2018.

Objectives: This study aimed to address this issue from the public health perspective.

The study further aimed at reporting the mortality and morbidity associated with mushroom poisoning and ascertaining the reasons behind the increase in the numbers of the affected persons.

Methods: This report was based on the review of official reports and a field assessment in the areas affected by mushroom poisoning in the western part of Iran.

Results: There were 1151 mushroom poisoning cases, out of which 1133 (98.4%) were hospitalized, and unfortunately, 18 (1.56%) died.

Kermanshah province had the highest rate of mushroom poisoning casualties, out which seven people died.

A total of 12 provinces were affected.

Conclusions: Lack of knowledge of local people about the types of mushroom and their inability to differentiate between the toxic and non-toxic mushrooms, as well as lack of a swift and convenient immediate warning system has caused this incident of massive mushroom poisoning.

However, planning and proper management can help to resolve these problems.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Ostadtaghi Zadah, Abbas& Aghababaeian, Hamid Rida& Rad, Muna Khalighi& Ahvazi, Ladan Araghi& Kiarsi, Maryam. 2019. Mushroom poisoning of 1151 people in Iran ; the lessons learnt : a brief report of cases and the literature review. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal،Vol. 21, no. 9, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-898351

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Ostadtaghi Zadah, Abbas…[et al.]. Mushroom poisoning of 1151 people in Iran ; the lessons learnt : a brief report of cases and the literature review. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal Vol. 21, no. 9 (Sep. 2019), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-898351

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Ostadtaghi Zadah, Abbas& Aghababaeian, Hamid Rida& Rad, Muna Khalighi& Ahvazi, Ladan Araghi& Kiarsi, Maryam. Mushroom poisoning of 1151 people in Iran ; the lessons learnt : a brief report of cases and the literature review. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2019. Vol. 21, no. 9, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-898351

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references : p. 5

رقم السجل

BIM-898351