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| Clenched fist bite wound, apparently irrigated and closed, resulting in osteomyelitis: |
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| Forearm gas following multiple dog bites, but from injury, not gas forming infection - a diagnosis of exclusion: |
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| Clenched fist bite injury 12 hours old, rapidly progressive infection and divot in metacarpal head. |
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| Cat bite injury, 2 days old, extensor tendon and metacarpophalangeal joint involvement, treated with radical excisional debridement and sealed continuous irrigation/suction. Extensor lag treated with "hammock" splint. |
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| Probable brown recluse spider bite, progressive pain and swelling over 3 days, treated with radical excisional debridement and sealed continuous irrigation/suction. Operative cultures grew resistant staph, resolved with postop vancomycin: |
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