title: Infections resulting from animal bites.
abstract: Animal bites are a major public health problem. This article reviews the epidemiology and treatment of animal bites. The epidemiology, clinical presentation, and treatment of infections caused by Pasteurella multocida and Capnocytophaga canimorsus (DF-2) are reviewed in detail.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Hansen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D002206:Capnocytophaga; D002415:Cats; D004285:Dogs; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010326:Pasteurella Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*