Prophylaxis for the Unexpected: An Unusual Case of Herpes B Coverage for an Orangutan Bite in an Emergency Department Patient

Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with an orangutan bite require a series of prophylactic treatments. We present a unique case of an orangutan bite in a 29-year-old male ED patient who was brought by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for evaluation of an orangutan bite to the right...

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Autores principales: Shakoor, Tayyab, Grider Cook, Rachel, Milliron, Melody L
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10637726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37954713
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46857
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description Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with an orangutan bite require a series of prophylactic treatments. We present a unique case of an orangutan bite in a 29-year-old male ED patient who was brought by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for evaluation of an orangutan bite to the right upper extremity with a suspected fourth proximal phalanx fracture. He was referred to hand surgery for a washout and open reduction. Upon discharge, prophylactic medical treatments for unusual pathologies such as herpes B were considered. Appropriate evaluation and treatment of this unique ED condition is necessary to prevent additional patient morbidity.
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spelling pubmed-106377262023-11-11 Prophylaxis for the Unexpected: An Unusual Case of Herpes B Coverage for an Orangutan Bite in an Emergency Department Patient Shakoor, Tayyab Grider Cook, Rachel Milliron, Melody L Cureus Emergency Medicine Patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with an orangutan bite require a series of prophylactic treatments. We present a unique case of an orangutan bite in a 29-year-old male ED patient who was brought by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for evaluation of an orangutan bite to the right upper extremity with a suspected fourth proximal phalanx fracture. He was referred to hand surgery for a washout and open reduction. Upon discharge, prophylactic medical treatments for unusual pathologies such as herpes B were considered. Appropriate evaluation and treatment of this unique ED condition is necessary to prevent additional patient morbidity. Cureus 2023-10-11 /pmc/articles/PMC10637726/ /pubmed/37954713 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46857 Text en Copyright © 2023, Shakoor et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Emergency Medicine
Shakoor, Tayyab
Grider Cook, Rachel
Milliron, Melody L
Prophylaxis for the Unexpected: An Unusual Case of Herpes B Coverage for an Orangutan Bite in an Emergency Department Patient
title Prophylaxis for the Unexpected: An Unusual Case of Herpes B Coverage for an Orangutan Bite in an Emergency Department Patient
title_full Prophylaxis for the Unexpected: An Unusual Case of Herpes B Coverage for an Orangutan Bite in an Emergency Department Patient
title_fullStr Prophylaxis for the Unexpected: An Unusual Case of Herpes B Coverage for an Orangutan Bite in an Emergency Department Patient
title_full_unstemmed Prophylaxis for the Unexpected: An Unusual Case of Herpes B Coverage for an Orangutan Bite in an Emergency Department Patient
title_short Prophylaxis for the Unexpected: An Unusual Case of Herpes B Coverage for an Orangutan Bite in an Emergency Department Patient
title_sort prophylaxis for the unexpected: an unusual case of herpes b coverage for an orangutan bite in an emergency department patient
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10637726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37954713
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46857
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