title: Bacteriology of a bear bite wound to a human: case report.
abstract: Human contact with bears has become more frequent, as has the resultant bear maulings and bite injuries. We report the bacteriology of a patient bitten by a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) from the Rocky Mountains foothills area east of Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The patient received field care, including metronidazole and cefazolin. Subsequent deep-wound cultures grew Serratia fonticola, Serratia marcescens, Aeromonas hydrophila, Bacillus cereus, and Enterococcus durans but no anaerobes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Alberta Hospitals, Edmonton, Canda.
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kunimoto
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rennie
authors.forename: Diane M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Citron
authors.forename: Ellie J C
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D001503:Ursidae