German medical science : GMS e-journal.
Publisher:
Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany,
Country: Germany
Language: English
Author(s):
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften.
Start Year:2003 -
Identifiers
| ISSN: | 1612-3174 (Electronic) 1612-3174 (Linking) |
| NLM ID: | 101227686 |
| (OCoLC): | 56530403 |
| LCCN: | 2004243661 |
Actinobacillus equuli ssp. haemolyticus in a semi-occlusively treated horse bite wound in a 2-year-old girl. We report on the isolation of Actinobacillus equuli ssp. haemolyticus from wound smears of a 2-year-old girl who was admitted to the hospital due to partial amputation of the distal phalanx of her right middle finger caused by a horse bite. A. equuli typically causes diseases in horses and only very few reports describing human infections (mostly associated with wounds) are available in the literature. Interestingly, although the bacteria could be found in consecutive samples taken at different points in time, there were no signs of advancing infection or inflammation. Moreover, the fingertip ...