BITES TREATMENT

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Cats:

Pasteurella multocida,

Staph aureus

Augmentin

or

Doxycycline (over 8yrs)

Catfish:

Dog:

Pasteurella multocida,

Staph aureus, Bacteroids, Fusobacterium, EF-4, Capnocytophaga

Augmentin

or

Clindamycin and Bactrim

or

Clindamycin and FQ(adult)

Only 5 % dog bites become infected. Prophylaxis may be worthwhile. Consider antirabies rx,May transmit blastomycosis. Capnocytophaga in splenectomyzed pts may cause local eschar, sepsis with DIC. P. multocida resistant to diclox, cephalexin, clind and erythro is sensative to FQ's in vitro

Human:

Augmentin prophylaxis