River otter bite in a 52-year-old woman: managing animal bites

MeSH terms

• Animals
• Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
• Bites and Stings / therapy*
• Cellulitis / drug therapy*
• Cellulitis / prevention & control
• Disease Management
• Ertapenem
• Female
• Humans
• Leg Injuries / therapy*
• Middle Aged
• Otters*
• Post-Exposure Prophylaxis / methods*
• Rabies / prevention & control
• Rabies Vaccines / therapeutic use*
• Suture Techniques
• Tetanus / prevention & control
• Tetanus Toxoid / therapeutic use
• Wound Infection / drug therapy*
• Wound Infection / prevention & control
• beta-Lactams / therapeutic use