The Hand Patient: Human Bite

  • U Mennen Medical University of Southern Africa

Abstract

The human-bite is one of the most septic bites. The reason is that the human teeth are blunt and cause a crushing injury. Coupled with this is that the human mouth is full of all kind of organisms. They include Gram negative, Gram positive organisms and anaerobic organisms. Since this infection is rapidly developing, a human bite is one of the emergencies in hand surgery.

Author Biography

U Mennen, Medical University of Southern Africa
MBChB, FRCS(Glasg), FRCS(Edin), FCS(SA)Orth. MMed(Orth), MD(Orth) Pret Head: Department Hand and Microsurgery
Issue
Vol 45 No 8 (2003)
Section
Review Articles
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