title: Severe osteomyelitis of the wrist following a cat bite.
abstract: Cat bite wounds of the hand are frequently associated with soft tissue infection of the injured part. Osteomyelitis is a less common complication but the sharp slender fangs of the cat may predispose to this complication by causing deposition of organisms into underlying bone. The following is a report of a severe and rapidly destructive osteomyelitis of the wrist following a cat bite.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D002348:Carpal Bones; D002415:Cats; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology*; D010326:Pasteurella Infections