Clinical Example: Infected Bite Wounds


 
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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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