Cat bite infection treatment

    • [DOC File]Review Date: 3/26/95 FINAL

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      Cat fangs are typically long and sharp, resulting in deeper penetrative wounds with infection rates more than double that of dog bite wounds (38). Despite the increased risk of infection associated with cat bites, the antibiotic prescription rates for dogs and cats was approximately equal in Allegheny County for 2017 (65.3% for dogs, 65.0% of ...

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    • [DOC File]Animal Bites to Humans

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      If signs of infection, consider antibiotic treatment as indicated for human bites. Report animal bites to local authorities and manage in consultation with state or local health department. Examine the wound in 48 hours and again at the end of antibiotic treatment (if initiated at onset).

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    • [DOT File]VPH-11, Notice of Bite and Confinement of Animal

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      Human bite wounds are common, high risk injuries which are often underestimated and undertreated. They are the third most common bite would, behind dog and cat bites, and their high infection rate is likely due to the following reasons: underestimation of the injury by both the patient and physician, thus delaying adequate treatment, and the ...

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    • [DOCX File]TREATMENT GUIDELINES FOR HEALTH STAFF

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      E) Will usually resolve itself without treatment but multiple antibiotics are effective . against the pathogen. 1) Thorough cleaning of a cat bite or scratch will usually prevent the infection. 3. Rickettsial Infections. A) Require insect vectors and target small blood vessels in the body. 1) Symptoms often include a rash, edema, and hypotension

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    • [DOC File]University of Pittsburgh

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      The virus is excreted in the saliva of an infected animal (usually a raccoon, fox, skunk, groundhog, dog or cat), and is transmitted by a bite or by contamination of open (i.e., bleeding within the past 24 hours) wounds or mucous membranes with saliva or central nervous system tissue (brain and spinal cord), from an infected animal.

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    • [DOC File]Chapter 20: Infectious Diseases Affecting the ...

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      Treatment. Treatment of cat bite wounds varies. If you know that your cat has bite wounds from a fight, antibiotics given within 24 hours will usually stop spread of the infection and prevent the development of an abscess. If several days have elapsed since the fight, an abscess will usually form.

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    • Home Remedies for Animal Bites: Cat or Dog Bite Treatment - Mis…

      The risk of infection from the bite. ... For example, a provoked bite from a dog or cat that is currently vaccinated poses very little risk of rabies transmission. A potential bite from a bat that is not available for testing poses a significant risk of rabies exposure. ... Treatment should always be initiated prior to symptom development and ...

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    • [DOC File]Vector-Borne Infectious Disease - Josh Corwin

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      2. Cat Whereas bacterial skin infections are quite common in the dog, Staph pyodermas are uncommon in the cat. The most common skin infection in the cat is the bite wound abscess. B. Classification of pyoderma. 1. Primary pyoderma: skin infection that occurs in …

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    • [DOC File]Human Bite Wound

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      Acute infection with Francisella tularensis- gram negative pleomorphic coccobacilli- transmitted via: Tick, fly, mosquito, rabbit, or cat bite. Skinning, dressing, and eating infected rabbits, muskrat, beaver, squirrels, and birds. Cutaneous inoculation through skin lesions, aerosol inhalation or ingestion

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    • [DOC File]Lecture 4 - Bacterial Skin Diseases

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      The bite victim shall be notified after a dog, cat, or ferret has passed the ten (10) day observation period in a healthy state or after the results of a laboratory test are available. Any person bitten or scratched by a wild carnivorous mammal or bat not available for rabies testing should be regarded as having been potentially exposed to rabies.

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