Bygbjerg I C, Johansen H K
Epidemiafdeling M og klinisk mikrobiologisk afdeling, Rigshospitalet, København.
Ugeskr Laeger. 1991 Dec 30;154(1):27-8.
A Danish tourist to Antigua in the West Indies, ate a fruit of Hippomane mancinella and developed acute poisoning with blistering of the oral mucosa and diarrhoea and a streptococcal superinfection. Ignorant tourists and their travel advisers are warned against this potentially deadly apple-tree-like plant and its tempting fruits.
一名前往西印度群岛安提瓜岛的丹麦游客，食用了马疯大戟木的果实，引发急性中毒，出现口腔黏膜起泡、腹泻以及链球菌超级感染。在此提醒无知的游客及其旅行顾问，要警惕这种有潜在致命危险的类似苹果树的植物及其诱人的果实。
