title: Isolation of Serratia rubidaea from a mixed infection after a horse bite.
abstract: Horse bite infections are very rarely reported in the medical literature. Here we present a case of a severe facial infection in a 2-year-old boy after a horse bite, from which Serratia rubidaea and Enterobacter cloacae were isolated. Some pieces of grass were found inside the wound and were removed before performing a surgical toilet. The presence of these two gram-negative bacteria associated with a horse bite infection, as well as other organisms such as anaerobes, Pseudomonas, gram-positive cocci, Actinobacillus spp., previously described in other works, should be taken into account when selecting the antibiotics for prophylactic treatment of farm animal bites.
authors.affiliation: Servicios de Microbiología, Hospital de Pediatría "Prof. Dr. Juan P. Garrahan". Combate de los Pozos 1881 (1245) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. mirtalitterio@gmail.com
authors.forename: Mirta L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Litterio
authors.forename: Solange
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Arazi
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: Horacio
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lopardo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000382:microbiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012705:Serratia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016868:Serratia Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology*