alimentary toxic aleukia

Etiology

• mycotoxin-induced condition

Epidemiology

• former U.S.S.R. during World War II, consumption of grain colonized with Fusarium sporotrichioides & Fusarium poae

Pathology

• presence of T2 toxin

Clinical manifestations

• nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
• leukopenia (aleukia)
• hemorrhage
• dermatitis

Complications

• death

More general terms

• mycosis; fungal infection
• gastrointestinal infection