Eyelid laceration sustained in an attack by a rabid desert fox.
OBJECTIVE
Two patients were bitten on the face by a rabid desert fox and sustained eyelid lacerations. The patients were examined and they received the same prophylactic treatment: human rabies immunoglobulin, intramuscularly and at the laceration site, and rabies human-diploid cell vaccine.


CONCLUSIONS
One patient survived; the other died. Eyelid laceration sustained by a bite of a rabid animal is a life-threatening condition; patients should receive prompt rabies prophylaxis.
Tabbara
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KF
Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, King Saud University.
al-Omar
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D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D015807:Eye Injuries, Penetrating / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005143:Eyelids / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005589:Foxes / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011818:Rabies / Q000517:prevention & control; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use
D011819:Rabies Vaccines