Animal bite

Dog Bites

• Must cover Capnocytophagia 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

Further Reading

• Microbiology of Animal Bite Wound Infections. Clin Micro Rev. 2011;24(2):231-246. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00041-10