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| ==Background==
| | #REDIRECT[[Mammalian bites]] |
| *Over 400,000 cat bites are reported each year in the US.
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| *They are thought to under-reported.<ref>[https://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/prevention/Pages/Prevent-Bite-Wounds.aspx "Prevent Bite Wounds".] American Academy of Pediatrics. 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2017</ref>
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| *40 million households in the United States have domestic cats.<ref> [https://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/pets/cats.html#what-to-do "Cats - Healthy Pets Healthy People - CDC".] www.cdc.gov. Retrieved 18 June 2017. This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.</ref>
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| ==Clinical Features==
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| *Local injury - punctures marks from teeth.
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| *Pain
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| ===[[Antibiotics]]===
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| {{Animal bite antibiotics}}
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| ''Coverage for [[Pasteurella]], [[Strep]], and [[Staph]]. Consider coverage for [[''Bartonella henselae'']], (Hookworm) [[''Ancylostoma tubaeforme'']], [[''Ancylostoma braziliense'']], and [[''Uncinaria stenocephalaand'']]'' <ref>Maniscalco, K; Edens, MA (April 20, 2017). [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430852/ "Animal Bites".] National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved June 17, 2017.</ref><ref>Joanna Zajkowska, Monika Król, Daniel Falkowski, Norina Syed, Anna Kamieńska. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27837588 "Capnocytophaga canimorsus - An Underestimated Danger After Dog or Cat Bite] - Review of the Literature", Przegl Epidemiol. 2016;70(2):289-295. n.d.</ref>
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| ==References==
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