Sandbox/Alejandro
Overview
Common Pathogens
Bite | Pathogens |
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Dog | |
Cat | |
Pig | |
Monkey | |
Rat | |
Seal | |
Snake |
Treatment
Bite wounds are washed, ideally with povidone-iodine soap and water. The injury is then loosely bandaged, but is not sutured due to risk of infection.
Animal bites inflicted by carnivores (other than rodents) are considered possible cases of rabies. The animal is caught alive or dead with its head preserved, so the head can later be analyzed to detect the disease. Signs of rabies include foaming at the mouth, self-mutilation, growling, jerky behavior, and red eyes. If the animal lives for ten days and does not develop rabies, then it is probable that no infection has occurred.
If the animal is gone, prophylactic rabies treatment is recommended.
The route of administration depends on the depth and severity of the wound, as well as the time that has passed since the bite.
Antibiotic Therapy
Antibiotic Prophylaxis ▸ Animal Bite |
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Specific Therapy ▸ Bat Bite ▸ Camel Bite ▸ Cat Bite ▸ Dog Bite ▸ Human Bite ▸ Monkey / Primate Bite ▸ Pig (Swine) Bite ▸ Racoon Bite ▸ Rat Bite ▸ Seal Bite ▸ Skunk Bite
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Vaccination
Tetanus Prophylaxis
Rabies Prophylaxis
References
- ↑ Cohen, Jeffrey I.; Davenport, David S.; Stewart, John A.; Deitchman, Scott; Hilliard, Julia K.; Chapman, Louisa E. (2002). "Recommendations for Prevention of and Therapy for Exposure to B Virus (Cercopithecine Herpesvirus1)". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 35 (10): 1191–1203. doi:10.1086/344754. ISSN 1058-4838.
- ↑ Elliott, S. P. (2007). "Rat Bite Fever and Streptobacillus moniliformis". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 20 (1): 13–22. doi:10.1128/CMR.00016-06. ISSN 0893-8512.
- ↑ Hartley, J.W.; Pitcher, D. (2002). "Seal Finger—Tetracycline is First Line". Journal of Infection. 45 (2): 71–75. doi:10.1053/jinf.2002.1027. ISSN 0163-4453.