Cat bite in an old patient: is it a simple injury?

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 130-132

  Luchansky, Michael ^a   Bergman, Michael ^a   Djaldetti, Ruth ^a   Salman, Hertzel ^a  

^a Beilinson Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat bite; Keywords; Pasteurella multocida; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CASE REPORT; CAT; DEBRIDEMENT; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CATS; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMANS; PASTEURELLA INFECTIONS; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0141656274     PISSN: 09699546     EISSN: 14735695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063110-200306000-00012     Document Type: Article

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