Pediatria pre prax 6/2007
INFECTIONS AFTER ANIMAL INJURIES
The animal injuries are frequent occasions. The epidemiologists in the Czech Republic register 2 to 4 thousands injuries annually, but bigger part of them are not reported at all. The wound contamination by animals´ oral-microflora can be clinically important especially in immunocompromised persons. Animal wounds require careful dressing, tetanus vaccination check-up and often also antibiotic prophylaxis or treatment.
Keywords: injury, bite, animal, wound infection, Pasteurella, bacterial contamination, antibiotic treatment, rabies prophylactics.
