European viper envenomation recorded by French poison control centers: A clinical assessment and management study.

Introduction: Immunotherapy is the gold standard treatment for patients bitten by European vipers in France; it significantly decreases morbidity, frequency and severity of complications and length of stay. A national prospective study was performed by all Poison Control Centers (PCC) to validate the emergency protocol for viper envenomations.

Methods: This prospective study included all cases of viper bites in France, treated or not with Viperfav(®) in 2013.

Recreational phenethylamine poisonings reported to a French poison control center.

Objectives: Over the last decade, use of phenethylamines has become increasingly prevalent. This study aimed to describe typical aspects of phenethylamine poisoning in order to better inform patient care.

Methods: Phenethylamine poisoning cases reported to the Poison Control Center of Angers, France, from January, 2007 to December, 2013 were examined.

Shiitake dermatitis recorded by French Poison Control Centers - new case series with clinical observations.

Context: Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) is an edible mushroom which was initially grown in Japan and China and is now sold on the European market. Flagellate erythema may arise following shiitake consumption and was first described in Japan in 1974.

Objective: This paper reports a French shiitake dermatitis case series.

Triketone toxicity: a report on two cases of sulcotrione poisoning.

Introduction: Sulcotrione is a herbicidal agent belonging to the family of triketones. Sulcotrione herbicides are used for weed control in maize and flax crops. To date, no cases of human poisoning had been reported in the literature linked to different herbicidal agents in the triketone family.