Bite Injuries to the Hand: Microbiology, Virology and Management

Bites to the human hand, be it from a pet, a stray animal or even a fellow human, may often have dire consequences for the person suffering the insult. Bites by mammals are a common problem and they account for up to 1% of all visits to hospital emergency rooms, in the UK. Clenched fist injuries to...

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Autores principales: Malahias, M., Jordan, D., Hughes, O., Khan, Wasim S., Hindocha, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bentham Open 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4110396/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25067969
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874325001408010157
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author Malahias, M.
Jordan, D.
Hughes, O.
Khan, Wasim S.
Hindocha, S.
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description Bites to the human hand, be it from a pet, a stray animal or even a fellow human, may often have dire consequences for the person suffering the insult. Bites by mammals are a common problem and they account for up to 1% of all visits to hospital emergency rooms, in the UK. Clenched fist injuries to the mouth (‘fight bite’) are notorious for being the worst human bites. Bite injuries of the hand and their related infections must be monitored vigilantly and managed proactively, by experts in this field of surgery. In this review article we discuss the associated microbiology and virology of these injuries as well as their management.
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spelling pubmed-41103962014-07-25 Bite Injuries to the Hand: Microbiology, Virology and Management Malahias, M. Jordan, D. Hughes, O. Khan, Wasim S. Hindocha, S. Open Orthop J Article Bites to the human hand, be it from a pet, a stray animal or even a fellow human, may often have dire consequences for the person suffering the insult. Bites by mammals are a common problem and they account for up to 1% of all visits to hospital emergency rooms, in the UK. Clenched fist injuries to the mouth (‘fight bite’) are notorious for being the worst human bites. Bite injuries of the hand and their related infections must be monitored vigilantly and managed proactively, by experts in this field of surgery. In this review article we discuss the associated microbiology and virology of these injuries as well as their management. Bentham Open 2014-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4110396/ /pubmed/25067969 http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874325001408010157 Text en © Malahias et al.; Licensee Bentham Open. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
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