Initial Antibiotic Therapy for Alligator Bites
| Autor: | Nichols Rl, Haddad Rj, Flandry F, Lisecki Ej, Domingue Gj, Greer Dl |
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| Rok vydání: | 1989 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Sulfamethoxazole Alligator Trimethoprim Microbiology Fractures Bone Internal medicine biology.animal Antibiotic therapy Trimethoprim Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination Animals Humans Medicine Bites and Stings Citrobacter Alligators and Crocodiles biology business.industry Reptiles Bacterial Infections General Medicine biology.organism_classification Southeastern United States Anti-Bacterial Agents Drug Combinations Aeromonas hydrophila Endocrinology Thumb Oral microbiology Enterobacter agglomerans Aeromonas Water Microbiology business Empiric therapy medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Southern Medical Journal. 82:262-266 |
| ISSN: | 0038-4348 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00007611-198902000-00027 |
| Popis: | An open thumb fracture resulting from an alligator bite became infected with Aeromonas hydrophila, Enterobacter agglomerans, and Citrobacter diversus. The patient was treated by surgical debridement and antibiotic therapy. We obtained cultures from the mouth of ten alligators to characterize their oral flora. Initial empiric therapy after alligator bites should be directed at gram-negative species, in particular, Aeromonas hydrophila and anaerobic species including Clostridium. Of the numerous fungi that were isolated, none has been reported to result in wound infection after alligator bites. |
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