The Role of Bacterial Infections in Cat Bites

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Introduction

Cats (Felis catus) are domestic or house cats that may live with and around people as pets or working animals. Cats are mammals with four limbs. They vary in size but are relatively small. They may also be feral, meaning that they are a domesticated cat that is unused to or refuses human companionship and interaction.


Cat bites are the bites that occur when a cat bites another living organism. For the purpose of understanding bacterial infections in cat bite wounds, “bites,” on this page, will be understood to mean when cats break the skin of another organism, resulting in puncture wounds of varying sizes, rather than when cats bite or grab another organism between their teeth without breaking the skin as an act of play. Cats often bite other cats, humans, and other mammals or birds. Cats may bite other smaller organisms, such as rodents or small birds, in order to kill them. They may also bite other cats in combat. Cats most often bite humans when they are threatened or scared in an attempt to escape or defend themselves.


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Figure 1. Electron micrograph of the Ebola Zaire virus. This was the first photo ever taken of the virus, on 10/13/1976. By Dr. F.A. Murphy, now at U.C. Davis, then at the CDC.]]


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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Zigli DD, Brew L, Obeng-Denteh W, Kwofie S. On the Application of Homeomorphism on Amoeba Proteus. Ghana Journal of Technology. 2021 Mar 31;5(2):43-7.
  2. ↑ Bartlett et al.: Oncolytic viruses as therapeutic cancer vaccines. Molecular Cancer 2013 12:103.
  3. ↑ Lee G, Low RI, Amsterdam EA, Demaria AN, Huber PW, Mason DT. Hemodynamic effects of morphine and nalbuphine in acute myocardial infarction. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 1981 May;29(5):576-81.
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  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Murphy A, Barich D, Fennessy MS, Slonczewski JL. An Ohio State Scenic River Shows Elevated Antibiotic Resistance Genes, Including Acinetobacter Tetracycline and Macrolide Resistance, Downstream of Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent. Microbiology Spectrum. 2021 Sep 1;9(2):e00941-21.


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