A fatal mongoose bite

BMJ Case Rep. 2012 Nov 19:2012:bcr0220125766. doi: 10.1136/bcr.02.2012.5766.

Abstract

Animal bite is a bite wound from a pet, farm or wild animal. Dog bites make up 80-85% of all reported incidents. Cats amount for about 10% of reported bites and other animals such as rodents, rabbits, horses, raccoons, bats and monkeys amount to 5-10%. Bites by mongoose are uncommon. Here, we present a case of fatal mongoose bite to an elderly woman who died as a complication of streptococcal infection at the bite site.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bites and Stings / complications*
  • Bites and Stings / drug therapy
  • Bites and Stings / pathology
  • Cefoperazone / therapeutic use
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Heart Arrest / etiology
  • Heart Arrest / pathology
  • Herpestidae*
  • Humans
  • India
  • Injections
  • Leg Injuries / diagnosis*
  • Leg Injuries / drug therapy
  • Leg Injuries / pathology
  • Metronidazole / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Skin / pathology
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Streptococcal Infections / pathology
  • Sulbactam / therapeutic use
  • Wound Infection / diagnosis*
  • Wound Infection / drug therapy
  • Wound Infection / pathology

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Metronidazole
  • Cefoperazone
  • Sulbactam