title: Woman's best friend?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Duluth Family Medicine Resident Program, USA.
authors.forename: Katherine T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Franklin
authors.forename: Thomas W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Day
mesh_terms: 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