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Shiitake (Lentinus edodes) dermatitis

  1. Takehiko Nakamura*

Article first published online: 11 APR 2006

DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1992.tb05211.x

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Contact Dermatitis

Contact Dermatitis

Volume 27, Issue 2, pages 65–70, February 1992

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Nakamura, T. (1992), Shiitake (Lentinus edodes) dermatitis. Contact Dermatitis, 27: 65–70. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1992.tb05211.x

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  1. 4-3-18 Nishihoncho, Joetsushi, Niigata. Japan

*T. Nakanura, 4-3-18 Nishihoncho, Joetsushi, Niigata, Japan

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 11 APR 2006
  2. Article first published online: 11 APR 2006
  3. Accepted for publication 23 December 1991

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Keywords:

  • Lentinus edodes (Berk) Sing.: shiitake;
  • edible mushroom;
  • toxicoderma;
  • dermatitis: polysaccharides: lenntinan foods

Shiitake (Lentinus edodes) is a mushroom which is eaten in Chinese: and Japanese meals and is nowadays the second most commonly produced edible mushroom in the world Shiitake was first described by Nakamura in 1977. This disease presents with very characteristic skin nabufestations. From April 1974 to April 1991, I have observed 51 patients with shiitake dermatitis the following description reviews the clinical manifestations, laboratory investigations and sources of shiitake dermatitis.

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