title: A fatal mongoose bite.
abstract: Animal bite is a bite wound from a pet, farm or wild animal. Dog bites make up 80-85% of all reported incidents. Cats amount for about 10% of reported bites and other animals such as rodents, rabbits, horses, raccoons, bats and monkeys amount to 5-10%. Bites by mongoose are uncommon. Here, we present a case of fatal mongoose bite to an elderly woman who died as a complication of streptococcal infection at the bite site.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, Government Medical College, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. ntumram@gmail.com
authors.forename: Nilesh Keshav
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Tumram
authors.forename: Rajesh Vaijnathrao
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Bardale
authors.forename: Pradeep Gangadhar
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Dixit
authors.forename: Ashutosh Yashwant
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Deshmukh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D002438:Cefoperazone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D008988:Herpestidae; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007267:Injections; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D013407:Sulbactam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D008795:Metronidazole; D002438:Cefoperazone; D013407:Sulbactam