Table 1.
Characteristics | Number of Patients (%) |
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Age (year), median (min-max) | 31 (8-month-old - 93-year-old) |
Gender | |
-Male | 24 (66.7%) |
-Female | 12 (33.3%) |
Nationalities | |
-Thai | 22 (61.1%), |
-Cambodian | 8 (22.2%) |
-Burmese | 1 (2.8%) |
-Unknown | 5 (13.9%) |
Regions | |
-East | 11 (30.6%) |
-North/East | 9 (25.0%) |
-North | 8 (22.2%) |
-Central | 5 (13.9%) |
-West | 3 (8.3%) |
Parts of toad which were eaten | |
-Meat | 18 (50.0%) |
-Eggs | 9 (25.0%) |
-Meat and eggs | 4 (11.1%) |
-Tadpoles | 3 (8.3%) |
-Skin secretion | 2 (5.6%) |
Time after toad ingestion to hospital visit (hours), median (min-max) |
2 (0.33–144) |
The onset of GI symptoms after toad ingestion (hours), median (min-max) (from data of 26 cases) | 2 (0.5–8) |