Antibiotic Management of Animal Bites in Children During the Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Era

Richard K Ogden Jr; Erin B Hedican; Leslie M Stach; Joshua C Herigon; Mary Anne Jackson; Jason G Newland

doi:10.1093/jpids/pis096

Antibiotic Management of Animal Bites in Children During the Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Era

J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. 2013 Dec;2(4):379-81. doi: 10.1093/jpids/pis096. Epub 2012 Oct 24.

Authors

Richard K Ogden Jr¹, Erin B Hedican², Leslie M Stach³, Joshua C Herigon², Mary Anne Jackson², Jason G Newland²

Affiliations

¹ Pharmacy Department, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics.
² Department of Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics.
³ Pharmacy Department, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Infectious Diseases, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics.

PMID: 26619500
DOI: 10.1093/jpids/pis096

Abstract

Children presenting to an emergency department following an animal bite were found to be at risk for infection if they had puncture wounds, crush wounds, or were bitten by a cat. Of the infected wounds that were cultured, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus was not isolated as a pathogen.

Keywords: MRSA; animal bite; pediatrics.