Woman's best friend?
Dog bites are commonly thought to be less infectious than similar injuries from other domestic or wild animals. Many people who are bitten by a dog treat themselves at home or go to a medical site to have their wounds simply "cleaned and watched." This report describes a serious delayed consequence of a dog bite that was missed by common bacteriological testing.
Franklin
Katherine T
KT
Duluth Family Medicine Resident Program, USA.
Day
Thomas W
TW
D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications*; D002206:Capnocytophaga; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004285:Dogs; D005260:Female; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged