Abstract

LITTERIO, Mirta R; ARAZI, Solange; HERNANDEZ, Claudia  and  LOPARDO, Horacio. Isolation of Serratia rubidaea from a mixed infection after a horse bite. Rev. argent. microbiol. [online]. 2012, vol.44, n.4, pp.272-274. ISSN 0325-7541.

Horse bite infections are very rarely reported in the medical literature. Here we present a case of a severe facial infection in a 2-year-old boy after a horse bite, from which Serratia rubidaea and Enterobacter cloacae were isolated. Some pieces of grass were found inside the wound and were removed before performing a surgical toilet. The presence of these two gram-negative bacteria associated with a horse bite infection, as well as other organisms such as anaerobes, Pseudomonas, gram-positive cocci, Actinobacillus spp., previously described in other works, should be taken into account when selecting the antibiotics for prophylactic treatment of farm animal bites.

Keywords : Serratia rubidaea; Horse bite; Pediatrics.

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