Dog Bites
- See also dog bite
- Must cover Capnocytophaga canimorsus
Cat Bites
- See also cat bite
- Must cover Pasteurella multocida and Staphylococcus aureus
- First-line: amox/clav
- Alternatives:
- Cefuroxime 500 mg po q12h
- Doxycycline 100 mg po bid
- If only Pasteurella is isolated, can treat with penicillin alone
Human Bites
- Must cover Eikonella
Monkey Bites
- Wound infections similar to human bites (including Eikonella)
- Also consider risk for herpes B virus (if macaque) and rabies virus, as well as simian foamy virus, simian vacuolating virus 40, and monkeypox virus
Further Reading
- Microbiology of Animal Bite Wound Infections. Clin Micro Rev. 2011;24(2):231-246. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00041-10
