RT Book, Section A1 Birenbaum, Dale A1 Mendiola, Frankie A2 Schafermeyer, Robert A2 Tenenbein, Milton A2 Macias, Charles G. A2 Sharieff, Ghazala Q. A2 Yamamoto, Loren G. SR Print(0) ID 1105687241 T1 Human and Animal Bites T2 Strange and Schafermeyer's Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 4e YR 2014 FD 2014 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-182926-7 LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105687241 RD 2024/10/06 AB Wound infection is the greatest potential complication of bites.Pasteurella species are common in dog and cat bite wound infections.Eikenella corrodens is a common pathogen in human bite wounds.Rabies and tetanus prophylaxis should be considered in all animal bite wounds.Cat scratch disease due to Bartonella henselae may develop 7–12 days after a cat bite or scratch.Bites wounds that are treated on an outpatient basis should be reevaluated in 48 hours.Due to the risk of infection, tissue adhesives should not be used for wound closure.