Multiple lesions by vampire bat bites in a patient in Niterói, Brazil - Case report()

Over the last few centuries, the expansion of urbanization brought bats closer to urbanized areas, increasing the risk of accidents by bat bites. The morphology of bat bites can be varied, usually having an elliptical shape, about 0.5 cm along its greatest length, and the characteristic corkscrew bi...

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Autores principales: Bernardes, Fred, Martins, Gustavo, Luchi, Gustavo Sabaini, Kac, Bernard Kawa, Nery, José Augusto da Costa, Azulay-Abulafia, Luna, Azulay, David Rubem
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4008072/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24770518
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142996
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author Bernardes, Fred
Martins, Gustavo
Luchi, Gustavo Sabaini
Kac, Bernard Kawa
Nery, José Augusto da Costa
Azulay-Abulafia, Luna
Azulay, David Rubem
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Martins, Gustavo
Luchi, Gustavo Sabaini
Kac, Bernard Kawa
Nery, José Augusto da Costa
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Azulay, David Rubem
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description Over the last few centuries, the expansion of urbanization brought bats closer to urbanized areas, increasing the risk of accidents by bat bites. The morphology of bat bites can be varied, usually having an elliptical shape, about 0.5 cm along its greatest length, and the characteristic corkscrew bite pattern. The authors present the case of a patient who was repeatedly bitten by vampire bats for two months. A polymerase chain reaction was performed in the cutaneous nerves at the base of the hair follicles which showed negativity towards the rabies virus. The authors highlight the public health importance of this case, and discuss the morphological characteristics of these hematophagous bat bites.
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spelling pubmed-40080722014-05-07 Multiple lesions by vampire bat bites in a patient in Niterói, Brazil - Case report() Bernardes, Fred Martins, Gustavo Luchi, Gustavo Sabaini Kac, Bernard Kawa Nery, José Augusto da Costa Azulay-Abulafia, Luna Azulay, David Rubem An Bras Dermatol Case Report Over the last few centuries, the expansion of urbanization brought bats closer to urbanized areas, increasing the risk of accidents by bat bites. The morphology of bat bites can be varied, usually having an elliptical shape, about 0.5 cm along its greatest length, and the characteristic corkscrew bite pattern. The authors present the case of a patient who was repeatedly bitten by vampire bats for two months. A polymerase chain reaction was performed in the cutaneous nerves at the base of the hair follicles which showed negativity towards the rabies virus. The authors highlight the public health importance of this case, and discuss the morphological characteristics of these hematophagous bat bites. Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4008072/ /pubmed/24770518 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142996 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24770518
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20142996
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