Most of the management guidelines for the treatment of bite infections are based on expert opinion. The goals of therapy are to prevent or treat infection, as well as minimize soft tissue damage.

Here’s how it works. However, most Capnocytophaga infections in humans are caused by C. canimorsus, a species that lives in the mouths of dogs and cats.

The Anambra State Government, in partnership with Carter Centre, said it recorded and treated 156 dog bite cases between 2023 and 2024.The Commissioner for Health, Dr Afam Obidike, made this known at ...

Human and animal bites may lead to serious infection. The organisms involved ... The majority of these are due to dogs, with up to 4.7 million Americans sustaining injury and approximately 800,000 ...

The Commissioner for Health in the state, Afam Obidike, disclosed this at a news conference on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Interventions to mark the 2025 ... for the treatment of dog bite ...