Pig bite in Brazil: a case series from a teaching hospital

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Sérgio De Andrade Nishioka¹  Suzana Terumi Handa¹  Raquel Souza Nunes¹ 

关键词: Bites;    Injuries;    Rabies;    Swine;    Lesões;    Mordidas;    Raiva;    Suínos;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86821994000100004

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

A retrospective survey done from 1987 till 1990 revealed that 23 patients bitten by pigs sought medical help at a teaching hospital in Uberlândia, in southeastern Brazil. Most cases (21) were from Uberlândia. The cases were evenly distributed by month and by year; most of them (14/16; 87.5%) occurred between 7. OOa.m. and 7.00 p. m. The male to female ratio was 6.7:1. Age ranged from 6 to 73 (mean 38.95 ± SD 22.06, median 36). The bites were more common on the upper limbs, particularly on the forearms. In 11(47.8%) cases the injury was described as deep. In most cases where information was available the injury was related to capture, transport or immobilisation ofthe pigfor slaughter. The following medical procedures were performed: local cleansing in 19(82.6%) cases, rabies vaccine (12; 52.2%), antirabies serum (2; 8.7%), suturing (6; 26.1%) and tetanus vaccine (12; 52.2%). There was no case of infection at the bite site, neither of rabies or tetanus. By our data, the annual incidence of pig bite in Uberlândia can be estimated to be about 1.5/100.000.

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