Treatment and prevention of infection following bites of the Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella)
In recent decades, an increasing number of people have traveled to sub-Antarctic and Antarctic regions each year for research, tourism, and resource exploitation. Hunting of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) almost pushed the species to extinction in the early 1900s, but populations have s...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4806802 2023-05-15T13:38:07+02:00 Treatment and prevention of infection following bites of the Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) Kouliev, Timur Cui, Victoria 2015-04-02 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4806802/ https://doi.org/10.2147/OAEM.S75442 en eng Dove Medical Press http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4806802/ http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OAEM.S75442 © 2015 Kouliev and Cui. This work is published by Dove Medical Press Limited, and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License The full terms of the License are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. CC-BY-NC Case Report Text 2015 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.2147/OAEM.S75442 2016-05-08T00:17:08Z In recent decades, an increasing number of people have traveled to sub-Antarctic and Antarctic regions each year for research, tourism, and resource exploitation. Hunting of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) almost pushed the species to extinction in the early 1900s, but populations have since shown rapid and substantial recovery. The species’ range has re-expanded to include several islands south of the Antarctic Convergence, most notably South Georgia, and now overlaps with many popular Antarctic travel destinations. Both male and female fur seals can become extremely aggressive when provoked, and their bites, if not properly treated, pose a significant risk of infection by microorganisms not usually encountered in cases of animal bites. In this report, we present the case of a patient treated for a fur seal bite during an Antarctic expedition cruise, review the literature concerning seal bites, and suggest the use of antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent complications. Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Fur Seal Antarctic Fur Seals Arctocephalus gazella PubMed Central (PMC) Antarctic The Antarctic Open Access Emergency Medicine 17 |
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In recent decades, an increasing number of people have traveled to sub-Antarctic and Antarctic regions each year for research, tourism, and resource exploitation. Hunting of Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) almost pushed the species to extinction in the early 1900s, but populations have since shown rapid and substantial recovery. The species’ range has re-expanded to include several islands south of the Antarctic Convergence, most notably South Georgia, and now overlaps with many popular Antarctic travel destinations. Both male and female fur seals can become extremely aggressive when provoked, and their bites, if not properly treated, pose a significant risk of infection by microorganisms not usually encountered in cases of animal bites. In this report, we present the case of a patient treated for a fur seal bite during an Antarctic expedition cruise, review the literature concerning seal bites, and suggest the use of antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent complications. |
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