Summary
Definition
History and exam
Key diagnostic factors
- presença de fatores de risco
- circunstâncias da mordida de animal
- descrição da ferida
- eritema
- induração
- flutuação
- drenagem purulenta
- adenopatia regional
- tecido necrosado
- sinais vitais instáveis
Risk factors
- idade <14 anos
- tutela de animal de estimação
- grupos de alto risco (para infecção por raiva)
- procedimentos médicos prévios (aumento do risco de infecção em caso de mordida)
- doenças subjacentes (aumento do risco de infecção em caso de mordida)
Diagnostic tests
Primeras pruebas diagnósticas para solicitar
- culturas da ferida
- radiografia
Pruebas diagnósticas que deben considerarse
- Hemograma completo
- hemoculturas
- angiografia
- fotografia
- swab do ácido desoxirribonucleico (DNA)
Algoritmo de tratamiento
feridas não infectadas
mordida infeccionada sem complicação: sem alergia à penicilina
mordida infeccionada sem complicação: com alergia à penicilina
mordidas com complicação: sem alergia à penicilina
mordidas com complicação: com alergia à penicilina
Colaboradores
Autores
Oliver Spencer, MBBS, BSc, MRCS, FRCEM
Consultant, Emergency Medicine
Croydon University Hospital NHS Trust
London
UK
Divulgaciones
OS declares that he has no competing interests.
Subhro Banerjee, MBBS, FRCEM
Consultant, Emergency Medicine
Croydon University Hospital
London
UK
Divulgaciones
SB has no competing interests.
Agradecimientos
Dr Oliver Spencer and Dr Subhro Banerjee would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr A. Parfitt, Dr Randy Taplitz, and Dr Eric Chang, the previous contributors to this topic. AP and EC declare that they have no competing interests. RT has received funding from Pfizer to attend several antifungal symposia and funding from Schering-Plough to attend an antifungal Speaker's Bureau Workshop.
Revisores por pares
Cynthia Christy, MD
Associate Chief of Pediatrics
General Pediatrics/Pediatric Infectious Diseases
University of Rochester
New York
NY
Divulgaciones
CC declares that she has no competing interests.
Gregory Conners, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAP, FACEP
Interim Chair of Emergency Medicine
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
University of Rochester
New York
NY
Divulgaciones
GC declares that he has no competing interests.
Jeffrey R. Suchard, MD, FACEP, FACMT
Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Director of Medical Toxicology
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California
Irvine Medical Center
Orange
CA
Divulgaciones
JRS declares that he has no competing interests.
Peer reviewer acknowledgements
BMJ Best Practice topics are updated on a rolling basis in line with developments in evidence and guidance. The peer reviewers listed here have reviewed the content at least once during the history of the topic.
Disclosures
Peer reviewer affiliations and disclosures pertain to the time of the review.
Referencias
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Rao AK, Briggs D, Moore SM, et al. Use of a modified preexposure prophylaxis vaccination schedule to prevent human rabies: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices - United States, 2022. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 May 6;71(18):619-27.Texto completo Resumen
Stevens DL, Bisno AL, Chambers HF, et al. Practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of skin and soft tissue infections: 2014 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jul 15;59(2):e10-52.Texto completo Resumen
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Human and animal bites: antimicrobial prescribing. November 2020 [internet publication].Texto completo
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