Toxicology
• Some pathogens may be introduced into dog bite injuries such as pasteurella multocida, staphylococci, streptococci and anaerobes. In immunosuppressed patients such as persons on corticosteroid therapy, HIV/AIDS patients, persons on anticancer therapy, alcohol abusers and diabetic mellitus patients. Capnocytophagia canimorsus may cause septic shock and gangrene of the limb.
• Devitalized tissue (dead tissue) is a good breeding ground for C. tetani.
Rabies is a viral illness spread via the saliva of an infected animal through biting a human or another animal or through saliva touching an open wound or touching mucous membranes.
After being bitten by a rabid . . .
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