Clinical Presentation and Bacteriologic Analysis of Infected Human Bites in Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1481-1489

  Talan, David A ^a,b   Abrahamian, Fredrick M ^a,b   Moran, Gregory J ^a,b   Citron, Diane M ^c   Tan, Jonah O ^a   Goldstein, Ellie J C ^b,c  

^a OLIVE VIEW UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c R M ALDEN RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAMASE; MOXIFLOXACIN;

ADULT; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BITE; CANDIDA; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM; FUSOBACTERIUM NUCLEATUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREVOTELLA MELANINOGENICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ANGINOSUS; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BITES, HUMAN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0344256634     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379331     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Forjouk SM, Strotmeyer SJ, Weiss HB. Epidemiology of injuries from human bites: results from statewide hospitalization data analysis. In: Program and abstracts of the 126th Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association (Washington, DC). Pittsburgh: Department of Emergency Medicine, Center for Violence and Injury Control, Allegheny University of Health Sciences, 1998.
2. Goldstein EJC, Citron DM, Wield B, et al. Bacteriology of human and animal bite wounds. J Clin Microbiol 1978; 8:667-72.
3. Goldstein EJC, Miller TA, Citron DM, Finegold SM. Infections following clenched-fist injury: a new perspective. J Hand Surg 1978; 3:455-7.
4. Brook I. Microbiology of human and animal bite wounds. Pediatr Infect Dis J 1987; 6:29-32.
5. Baron EJ, Strong CA, McTeague M, Vaisanen M-L, Finegold SM. Survival of anaerobes in original specimens transported by overnight mail services. Clin Infect Dis 1995; 20(Suppl 2):S174-7.
6. Murray PR, Baron EJ, Pfaller MA, et al., eds. Manual of clinical microbiology, 7th ed. Washington DC: American Society for Microbiology Press, 1999.
7. Jousimies-Somer H, Summanen P, Citron DM, Baron EJ, Wexler HM, Finegold SM. Wadsworth anaerobic bacteriology manual. 6th ed. Belmont, CA: Star Publishing, 2002.
8. Holt JG, Kreig R, Sneath PHA, Staley JT, Williams ST. Bergey's manual of determinative bacteriology. 9th ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1994.
9. Weyant RS, Moss CW, Weaver RE, et al. Identification of unusual pathogenic gram-negative and aerobic and facultative anaerobic bacteria. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1996.
10. Holdeman LV, Cato P, Moore WEC. Anaerobe laboratory manual. 4th ed. Blacksberg, VA: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1977.
11. NCCLS. Methods for dilution antimicrobial susceptibility tests for bacteria that grow aerobically; approved standard. 5th ed. NCCLS document M7-A5. Wayne, PA: NCCLS, 2000.
12. NCCLS. Methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of anaerobic bacteria; approved standard. 5th ed. NCCLS document M11-A5. Wayne, PA: NCCLS, 2000.
13. NCCLS. Performance standard for antimicrobial susceptibility testing: twelfth informational supplement. NCCLS document M100-S12. Wayne, PA: NCCLS, 2000.
14. Mason ML, Koch S. Human bite infections of the hand. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1930; 51:591-625.
15. Hultgen JF. Partial gangrene of the left index-finger. JAMA 1910; 55: 857.
16. Peters WH. Hand infection apparently due to bacillus fusiformis. J Infect Dis 1911; 8:454-62.
17. Hennessy PH, Madras CM, Fletcher W. Infection with organisms of Vincent's angina following man-bite. Lancet 1920; 2:127.
18. Fuller CR, Cottrell JC. Infection with organisms of Vincent's angina following human bite. JAMA 1929; 92:2017.
19. Welch CE. Human bite infections of the hand. N Engl J Med 1936; 215:901-8.
20. McMaster PE. Human bite infections. Am J Surg 1939; 45:60-5.
21. Stone NH, Hursch H, Humphrey CR, Boswick JA. Empirical selection of antibiotics for hand infections. J Bone Joint Surg 1969; 51-A: 899-903.
22. Eaton RC, Butsch DP. Antibiotic guidelines for hand infections. Surg Gynecol Obstet 1970; 130:119-22.
23. Shields C, Patzakis MJ, Meyers MH, Harvey P. Hand infections secondary to human bites. J Trauma 1975; 15:235-6.
24. Guba AM Jr, Mulliken JB, Hoopes JE. The selection of antibiotics for human bites of the hand. Plast Reconstr Surg 1975; 56:538-41.
25. Talan DA, Citron DM, Abrahamian FM, Moran GJ, Goldstein EJC. Bacteriologic analysis of infected dog and cat bites. N Engl J Med 1999; 340: 85-92.
26. Gossling J. Occurrence and pathogenicity of the Streptococcus milleri group. Rev Infect Dis 1988; 10:257-85.
27. Brooks GF, O'Donoghue JM, Rissing JP, Soapes K, Smith JM. Eikenella corrodens, a recently recognized pathogen. Medicine 1974; 53:325-42.
28. Goldstein EJC, Tarenzi LA, Agyare EO, et al. Prevalence of Eikenella corrodens in dental plaque. J Clin Microbiol 1983; 17:636-9.
29. Brook I. Bacteriologic study of paronychia in children. Am J Surg 1981; 141:703-5.
30. Weyant RS, Hollis DG, Weaver RE, et al. Bordetella holmesii sp. nov., a new gram-negative species associated with septicemia. J Clin Microbiol 1995; 33:1-7.
31. Goldstein EJC, Sutler VL, Finegold SM. Susceptibility of Eikenella corrodens to ten cephalosporins. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1978; 14: 639-41.
32. Goldstein EJC, Citron DM, Merriam CV, Warren YA, Tyrrell KL, Fernandez H. In vitro activities of a new des-fluoroquinolone, BMS 284756, and seven other antimicrobial agents against 151 isolates of Eikenella corrodens. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002; 46:1141-3.
33. Goldstein EJC, Citron DM, Hudspeth M, Gerardo SH, Merriam CV. In vitro activity of Bay 12-8039, a new 8-methoxyquinolone, compared to the activities of 11 other oral antimicrobial agents against 390 aerobic and anaerobic bacteria isolated from human and animal bite wound skin and soft tissue infections in humans. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1997; 41:1552-7.
34. Goldstein EJC, Citron DM, Merriam CV, Warren YA, Tyrrell K, Fernandez H. Comparative in vitro activity of ertapenem and 11 other antimicrobial agents against aerobic and anaerobic pathogens isolated from skin and soft tissue animal and human bite wound infections. J Antimicrob Chemother 2001; 48:641-51.
35. Goldstein EJC, Citron DM, Merriam CV, Warren YA, Tyrrell KL, Fernandez H. In vitro activity of the des-fluoro(6)quinolone BMS-284756 against aerobic and anaerobic pathogens isolated from skin and soft tissue animal and human bite wound infections. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2002; 46:866-70.
36. Gilbert DN, Moellering RC, Sande MA, eds. The Sanford guide to antimicrobial therapy. 32nd ed. Hyde Park, VT: Antimicrobial Therapy, 2002.
37. Sandor GK, Low DE, Judd PL, Davidson RJ. Antimicrobial treatment options in the management of odontogenic infections. J Can Dent Assoc 1998; 64:508-14.
38. Kuriyama T, Karasawa T, Nakagawa K, Saiki Y, Yamamoto E, Nakamura S. Bacteriologic features and antimicrobial susceptibility in isolates from orofacial odontogenic infections. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod 2000; 90:600-8.
39. Kuriyama T, Karasawa T, Nakagawa K, Nakamura S, Yamamoto E. Antimicrobial susceptibility of major pathogens of orofacial odontogenic infections to 11 beta-lactam antibiotics. Oral Microbiol Immunol 2002; 17:285-9.
40. Zubowicz VN, Gravier M. Management of early human bites of the hand: a prospective randomized study. Plast Reconstr Surg 1991; 88:111-4.