Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Bite Wounds
Bite Wounds is a topic covered in the Johns Hopkins ABX Guide.
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PATHOGENS
- Commonly seen pathogens:
- Pasteurella spp.
- P. multocida (cats and dogs)
- P. septica (cats)
- Capnocytophaga canimorsus (dogs): infrequent, but can be serious with asplenia or cirrhosis.
- Eikenella corrodens (humans)
- Streptococcus spp (all bites, especially S. anginosus)
- Staphylococcus aureus (all bites including 30-50% of dog and cat bites)
- Staphylococcus intermedius (dogs)
- Anaerobes (50 - 70% of all bites, especially Prevotella spp., but rarely detected)
- Pasteurella spp.
- Viruses: case reports following human bite wounds
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PATHOGENS
- Commonly seen pathogens:
- Pasteurella spp.
- P. multocida (cats and dogs)
- P. septica (cats)
- Capnocytophaga canimorsus (dogs): infrequent, but can be serious with asplenia or cirrhosis.
- Eikenella corrodens (humans)
- Streptococcus spp (all bites, especially S. anginosus)
- Staphylococcus aureus (all bites including 30-50% of dog and cat bites)
- Staphylococcus intermedius (dogs)
- Anaerobes (50 - 70% of all bites, especially Prevotella spp., but rarely detected)
- Pasteurella spp.
- Viruses: case reports following human bite wounds
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Last updated: February 5, 2019
Citation
Fabre, Valeria, and John G Bartlett. "Bite Wounds." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2019. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540058/all/Bite_Wounds.
Fabre V, Bartlett JG. Bite Wounds. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2019. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540058/all/Bite_Wounds. Accessed May 16, 2022.
Fabre, V., & Bartlett, J. G. (2019). Bite Wounds. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540058/all/Bite_Wounds
Fabre V, Bartlett JG. Bite Wounds [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2019. [cited 2022 May 16]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540058/all/Bite_Wounds.
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