Bite relief

Rat bite fever without the bite.

The case is reported of a patient who developed an acute arthropathy, which was initially diagnosed as acute septic arthritis. The true diagnosis of rat bite fever due to Streptobacillus moniliformis was delayed because of difficulty in growing the organism, which has fastidious growth requirements. The patient had no history of rat bite, which is the usual form of transmission of this disease.

Snake bite.

Snake bite is a common and frequently devastating environmental and occupational disease, especially in rural areas of tropical developing countries. Its public health importance has been largely ignored by medical science. Snake venoms are rich in protein and peptide toxins that have specificity for a wide range of tissue receptors, making them clinically challenging and scientifically fascina...

Snake-Bite

Alligator Bite

Bundoo, aged 44, was admitted into tho Native Hospital on tlie 15tli of November with an extensive lacerated wound of the right foot., and compound comminuted fracture of tho tarsal bones and lower end of the tibia. The patient states that while swimming from the shore to his boat (in tho Sunderbunds), three days ago, lie was seized by an alligator. Tho creature caught him by tho right foot; th...

Tick Bite

Vol. 26 No. 1, 2014 127 Received November 22, 2012, Revised February 13, 2013, Accepted for publication March 12, 2013 Corresponding author: Sang Hyun Cho, Department of Dermatology, Incheon St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, 56 Dongsu-ro, Bupyeong-gu, Incheon 403-720, Korea. Tel: 82-32-280-5102, Fax: 82-32-506-9514, E-mail: [email protected] This is...