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Podcast: Dr. Chapa’s OBGYN Clinical Pearls
Episode: CAT BITTEN in Pregnancy
Description: Animal bites in humans are a common problem in the United States, with two to five million occurring each year. The vast majority of animal bites are caused by dogs (85 to 90 percent), with the remainder caused by cats (5 to 10 percent) and rodents (2 to 3 percent). Children are bitten more often than adults. The most feared complication of an animal bite is rabies, although skin infection is the most common complication. In our community high risk clinic, we recently saw a pregnant patient, who also has diabetes, who had a “cat bite” reported to our nursing staff. On examination, it was more...