Bacteriological warfare amongst cats: what have we learned about cat bite infections?

Cat bite infections are one of the most common infectious diseases presenting to veterinary practices and to emergency rooms at human hospitals. This review describes the disease in humans and cats, the origin of organisms involved in cat bite abscesses and the importance of selected organisms such...

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Published in:Veterinary Microbiology 2000-06, Vol.74 (3), p.179-193
Main Authors: Love, Daria N, Malik, Richard, Norris, Jacqueline M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abscess - microbiology
Abscess - therapy
Animal bacterial diseases
Animals
Bacterial diseases
Bacteroidaceae Infections - microbiology
Bacteroidaceae Infections - therapy
beta-Lactam Resistance
Biological and medical sciences
Bites and Stings - microbiology
Bites and Stings - therapy
Cat bite abscesses
Cat bite infections
Cat Diseases - microbiology
Cat Diseases - therapy
Cats - microbiology
Genus Porphyromonas
Humans
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Pasteurella Infections - microbiology
Pasteurella Infections - therapy
Pasteurella multocida
Pasteurella multocida - pathogenicity
Porphyromonas
Porphyromonas - pathogenicity
Porphyromonas circumdentaria
Porphyromonas gingivalis
Porphyromonas macacae
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Summary:Cat bite infections are one of the most common infectious diseases presenting to veterinary practices and to emergency rooms at human hospitals. This review describes the disease in humans and cats, the origin of organisms involved in cat bite abscesses and the importance of selected organisms such as members of the genus Porphyromonas in the disease. It also discusses future directions, the importance of identifying significant organisms and why an understanding of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns is of consequence to the outcome of the disease in humans and cats.
ISSN:0378-1135
1873-2542
DOI:10.1016/S0378-1135(00)00186-3