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Medicina (B.Aires) ; 69(2): 259-264, mar.-abr. 2009. ilus, mapas, tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS | ID: lil-633631

ABSTRACT

Analizamos 62 casos de mordedura de rata asistidos entre los años 2002 y 2008. cuarenta de ellos ocurrieron en la ciudad de Buenos Aires, sin clara relación con las condiciones urbanas o socioeconómicas de los afectados. Las mordeduras producidas durante el día ocurrieron por invasión del hombre al hábitat de los roedores, situación inversa a las sucedidas durante la noche. En el 79% de los casos fueron afectados los miembros y en un 16% la cara. Cinco pacientes desarrollaron manifestaciones clínicas de enfermedad por mordedura de rata. Se discute el valor de la profilaxis post exposición con antibióticos.


We report 62 cases of rat bites that occurred between 2002 and 2008. Forty of these happened in Buenos Aires city, unrelated to social class or urban conditions. The bites occurring in daylight were related to invasion of the animal habitat by man, and to rat activity during the night. In 79% of the cases the rat bite was in the limbs and in 16% in the face. Five patients developed clinical manifestations of rat bite fever. We discuss the value of post exposition prophylaxis with antibiotics.


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Adolescent , Adult , Aged, 80 and over , Animals , Child , Child, Preschool , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Middle Aged , Young Adult , Bites and Stings/epidemiology , Rats , Rat-Bite Fever/epidemiology , Argentina/epidemiology , Bites and Stings/complications , Leptospirosis/blood , Rat-Bite Fever/etiology , Urban Population
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