TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Animal & Human Bite Wounds A1 - Chin-Hong, Peter V. A1 - Guglielmo, B. Joseph A2 - Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 - McPhee, Stephen J. A2 - Rabow, Michael W. A2 - McQuaid, Kenneth R. PY - 2022 T2 - Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022 AB - ESSENTIALS OF DIAGNOSISCat and human bites have higher rates of infection than dog bites.Hand bites are particularly concerning for the possibility of closed-space infection.Antibiotic prophylaxis indicated for noninfected bites of the hand and hospitalization required for infected hand bites.All infected wounds need to be cultured to direct therapy. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184163393 ER -