Alimentary toxic aleukia

Alimentary toxic aleukia, is a mycotoxin-induced condition characterized by nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, leukopenia (aleukia), hemorrhaging, skin inflammation, and sometimes death.[1] Alimentary toxic aleukia almost always refers to the human condition associated with presence of T2 Toxin.

Alimentary toxic aleukia
Other namesAleukia

History

Alimentary toxic aleukia was first characterized in the early 20th century after affecting a large population in the Orenburg Oblast of the former USSR during World War II. The sick people had eaten overwintered grain colonized with Fusarium sporotrichioides and Fusarium poae.[2]

References

  1. Lutsky, II; Mor, N (1981). "Alimentary toxic aleukia (septic angina, endemic panmyelotoxicosis, alimentary hemorrhagic aleukia): t-2 toxin-induced intoxication of cats". Am J Pathol. 104 (2): 189–91. PMC 1903757. PMID 6973281.
  2. Bennett, JW; Klich, M (July 2003). "Mycotoxins". Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 16 (3): 497–516. doi:10.1128/cmr.16.3.497-516.2003. PMC 164220. PMID 12857779.


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