Friday, 26 May 2017

PRO/AH/EDR> Seal finger - Canada (02): (BC) comment

Other Animal Disease -- Canada
A recent case of "seal finger" in Canada complements an increasing number of zoonotic bacterial diseases associated with animal bites. The following list is extracted from Gideon (primary references available on request):
_Bacteroides pyogenes_: case of bacteremia following a cat bite.
_Bacteroides tectus_: cat bites
_Bergeyella zoohelcum_: dog-bite infection
Bisgaard's taxon 16 [_Pasteurella_-like organisms: Mod. LL]- animal bite wounds
_Canibacter oris_: dog-bite

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