Amanita phalloides poisoning and treatment with silibinin in the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales.

Objectives: To report the frequency and clinical outcomes of Amanita phalloides poisoning in the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales, and the treatments used (including silibinin).

Design, Setting And Patients: Retrospective case series of patients admitted to public hospitals in Canberra and Sydney for suspected A. phalloides poisoning between 1999 and 2012 (identified from hospital records and calls to the New South Wales Poisons Information Centre).