Bites And Scratches Flashcards
What type of teeth do cats have and what is the disadvantage
Narrow
Makes it hard to clean puncture wounds
Why are dog bites easier to clean
They make gapping wounds
Infection after a cat bite is likely to be
Pasteurella multocida
Common symptoms for pasteurella multocida
Cellulitis
Abscesses
Tenosynovitis
Pasteurella multocida bacteria will spread through
Facial planes
Dogs are more likely than cats to carry
Capnicytophaga canimorsus
Capnicytophaga canimorsus will cause systematic illnesses in immunocompromise patients such as
Asplenics
HIV patients
Alcoholics
Old folks
Cats carry
Bartonella henselae
Bartonella henselae causes
Cat scratch fever and bacillary angiomatosis
Chronic lymphadenopathy and mild fevers after cats bite is
Cat scratch fever
If you are immunocompromise you might get
Bacillary angiomatosis
What is Bacillary angiomatosis
Blood vessel tumors
Rat bites can cause rat bite tumor if the patient is infected with?
Spirillium minus
Streptobacillius moniliformins
Spirillium minus occurs in
Asia
Streptobacillius moniliformins can happen
After a bite or if you drink/eat contaminated material