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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2004, p. 3374-3376, Vol. 42, No. 7
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.7.3374-3376.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

CASE REPORT

Bacteriology of a Bear Bite Wound to a Human: Case Report

Dennis Kunimoto,1 Robert Rennie,2 Diane M. Citron,3 and Ellie J. C. Goldstein3,4*

Department of Medicine,1 Medical Microbiology Laboratory, University of Alberta Hospitals, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada,2 R. M. Alden Research Laboratory, Santa Monica,3 School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California4

Received 23 February 2004/ Returned for modification 12 March 2004/ Accepted 23 March 2004

Human contact with bears has become more frequent, as has the resultant bear maulings and bite injuries. We report the bacteriology of a patient bitten by a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) from the Rocky Mountains foothills area east of Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The patient received field care, including metronidazole and cefazolin. Subsequent deep-wound cultures grew Serratia fonticola, Serratia marcescens, Aeromonas hydrophila, Bacillus cereus, and Enterococcus durans but no anaerobes.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: R. M. Alden Research Laboratory, 2021 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 740E, Santa Monica, CA 90404. Phone: (310) 315-1511. Fax: (310) 315-3662. E-mail: ejcgmd{at}aol.com.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2004, p. 3374-3376, Vol. 42, No. 7
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.7.3374-3376.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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