title: Human bites to the hand.
abstract: Because of the virulence of human oral flora, complications from relatively common human bites can be far more serious than those caused by animal bites. Types of infection of various kinds of human bites, the common pathways of extension of these infections and the appropriate treatment for these injuries as well as the prevention of what may be devastating and crippling sequelae are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: St. Francis Regional Medical Center, Wichita, Kansas.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: O'Meara
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D001734:Bites, Human / Q000150:complications*; D003646:Debridement; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents