Domestic animal bites in infants: Potential risk of fatal maltreatment

Pediatr Int. 2019 Nov;61(11):1175-1176. doi: 10.1111/ped.13974. Epub 2019 Nov 21.
No abstract available

Keywords: bite; child maltreatment; emergency department; injury prevention; trauma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Ampicillin / therapeutic use
  • Animals
  • Animals, Domestic
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bites and Stings / drug therapy
  • Bites and Stings / epidemiology*
  • Bites and Stings / mortality
  • Cats
  • Child Abuse / diagnosis
  • Child Abuse / prevention & control
  • Dogs
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Heart Arrest / epidemiology
  • Hemorrhage / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Japan
  • Male
  • Pets*
  • Risk Factors
  • Sulbactam / therapeutic use
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • sultamicillin
  • Ampicillin
  • Sulbactam