title: Multiple facial and left eye injuries in a 13 day old baby secondary to rat bite.
abstract: A case of traumatic blepharectomy secondary to a rat bite in a 13 day old neonate. Infants should not be kept in an isolated place in a rat endemic area. This case suggests an existence of a relationship between poverty and rat bite.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Waheed Ademola
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Ibraheem
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Anifat Boladale
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Ibraheem
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria.
authors.forename: Ajagbe Kayode
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ibraheem
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005131:Eye Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005151:Facial Injuries / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007634:Keratitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D011203:Poverty; D051381:Rats
keywords: Facial injury; microbial keratitis; rat bite