Bites from the Same Dog, Different Outcomes for Two Patients: a Case Report

Overview

Journal Infect Dis Poverty

Publisher Biomed Central

Date 2017 Jul 6

PMID 28676127

Citations 1

Authors

Xue-Yong Huang

Xing-Le Li

Shu-Yu Wu

Yu-Lei Gu

Xin-Jun Lv

John David Klena

Bian-Li Xu

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Abstract

Background: Rabies is a serious reemerging zoonosis in China. At present human rabies cases are primarily diagnosed based on clinical presentation.

Case Presentation: In August 2012, a woman and her son were attacked by a stray dog in Henan, China. The son received rabies postexposure prophylaxis (wound treatment followed by vaccine, no immunoglobulin), however, the mother did not. Rabies infection was subsequently laboratory confirmed in the mother and she died in December; her son is alive and healthy after 2 years of follow-up.

Conclusion: This report documents that the timely utilization of postexposure prophylaxis is a required measure in preventing rabies after exposure to an animal bite.

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