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Coverage for Pasteurella, Strep, and Staph

Cat and Dog Bites

  • Consider for high-risk wounds (see above)
  • Amoxicilin-clavulanate 875mg PO BID x 5-7 days OR[1]
  • Doxycycline 100mg PO daily x 14 days if penicillin allergic [2]
  • Clindamycin 450mg (5mg/kg) PO q8hrs daily x7 days PLUS
    • Ciprofloxacin 500mg PO q12hrs x 7 days OR
    • TMP/SMX 2DS tabs (5mg/kg) PO q12hrs

Human Bites

Coverage is polymicrobia: S. aureus, Strep Viridans, Bacteroides, Coagulase-neg Staph, Eikenella, Fusobacterium, Cornebacterium, Peptostreptococcus

Mammalian Bites Severe Infections

  1. Griego RD, Rosen T, Orengo IF, Wolf JE. Dog, cat, and human bites: a review. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1995;33:1019–29.
  2. Talan DA, Citron DM, Abrahamian FM, Moran GJ, Goldstein EJ. Bacteriologic analysis of infected dog and cat bites. Emergency Medicine Animal Bite Infection Study Group. N Engl J Med. 1999;340:85–92.