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Pig bite injuries and infection: report of seven human cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

M. Barnham
M. Barnham
Affiliation:
Departements of Microbiology, Harrogate General Hospital, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG2 7ND and Friarage Hospital, Northallerton, North Yorkshire DL6 1JG
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Six patients developed local infection after being bitten or groed by swine. Wounding was often deep and occurred characteristically on the posterior aspect of the thigh. Severity of infection caried from simple wound infection with discharge and slouth to cellulitis and abscess formation; pathogens included haemolytic streptococci, pasteurellae, Bacterodies sp., Proteussp. and Escherichia coli and were usually isolated in mixed culture. A patient with Pasteurella aerogences infection apperars to be the first reported in England. A seventh patient developed Streptococcus milleri septicaemia after wounding himself while cutting teeth from piglets. It is suggested that a course of broad-spectrum antibiotics should be given as part of the initial treatment when patients present with the more servere pig bite injuries.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 101 , Issue 3 , December 1988 , pp. 641 - 645
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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