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ANSWER 6
Animal and Human Bite Wounds
SALIENT POINTS:
Cat Bite: polymicrobial, tend to be puncture wounds > lacerations
often very deep, causing OM and septic arthritis
Pasteurella multocida, Streptococcus, Fusobacterium
Dog Bite: polymicrobial, more lacerations compared to cat bites
Pasteurella, Capnocytophaga canimorsus, anaerobes
Human Bite: lacerations, macerated tissue; hand often infected!
anaerobes, viridians Streptococci