Podostroma cornu-damae is a rare, deadly fungus.However, it can be easily mistaken for antler Ganoderma lucidum.In this case report, two patients made tea with the fungus and drank it over a 2-week period.Both patients presented with bicytopenia, and one patient had desquamation of the palms and soles.Both were treated with prophylactic antibiotics and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor.One patient was admitted to the intensive care unit and received a platelet transfusion.Both patients were discharged without complications.Podostroma cornudamae infections caused by intoxication were successfully treated using our treatment strategy, which consisted of prophylactic antibiotics, platelet transfusion, and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor.We believe this report can guide future treatment.
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Kim et al. (2016) studied this question.