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Cat Bite Infection Pictures. Cat bites are usually considered minor injuries but can result in serious infection. By Mary Elizabeth Dallas. To assess the overall morbidity of cat bites to the hand and identify risk factors for hospitalization after such an injury. Before I talk about cat bites signs of infection I would like to put cat bites into perspective.
It is abbreviated as CSD and it is otherwise known as Cat scratch fever or Bartonellosis. While dogs cause more bite injuries cat bites are more likely to become infected. They had bad infections. In other words you have to know what species of bacteria are deposited under the skin when the cat bites. Although cats have no more germs in their mouths than dogs or people researchers at the Mayo Clinic found that when cats bite their sharp teeth. But even if your cat has all her shots it is important to take care of the wound and monitor it closely so you will notice immediately if it starts to get infected.
Learn how to spot the signs of a cat bite infections so you know when its time to get medical help.
We identified 193 patients in a 3-year period between January 1 2009 and December 31 2011. Sometimes direct tissue damage from the cat bite can impair mobility or cause tenosynovitis or arthritis. Cat scratch disease CSD is a syndrome that begins usually with red tender papules or pustules at a site where a pet cat usually a kitten has scratched licked or superficially bitten a person. Cats have long fangs so their bites can be deep and prone to infection. But even if your cat has all her shots it is important to take care of the wound and monitor it closely so you will notice immediately if it starts to get infected. Thats the problem with cat bites and while most cat bites probably are of minimal importance the idea that a cat bite could cause infection and a hospital stay should be a wakeup call.