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A recent report from Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Careggi in Florence, Italy discusses the identification of bufotoxin intoxication in a child who ingested toad eggs. Bufadienolide poisoning is rare in humans in Central Europe, making identification difficult. The researchers used liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry to identify the toxin, and concluded that this method could be applied to other poisoning cases. This study highlights the importance of identifying toxins of animal origin in cases of poisoning. [Extracted from the article]