<![CDATA["Since the outbreak began in November, affected patients have ranged in age from as young as 19 months to as old as 84, according to the California Department of Public Health.]]>

<![CDATA["Since the outbreak began in November, affected patients have ranged in age from as young as 19 months to as old as 84, according to the California Department of Public Health.]]>"Since the outbreak began in November, affected patients have ranged in age from as young as 19 months to as old as 84, according to the California Department of Public Health. Cases have come in clusters, with at least six involving families who likely shared the same batch of foraged mushrooms. Four people have received liver transplants, according to the state’s poison control system. "

California’s growing mushroom poisoning outbreak is the biggest-ever in U.S.

California’s spate of mushroom poisonings, which has killed four people and hospitalized 43 others, is the largest known outbreak of its kind in U.S. history, experts say.

NBC News (www.nbcnews.com)

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