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Bites from the same dog, different outcomes for two patients: a case report.


ABSTRACT: Rabies is a serious reemerging zoonosis in China. At present human rabies cases are primarily diagnosed based on clinical presentation.In August 2012, a woman and her son were attacked by a stray dog in Henan, China. The son received rabies postexposure prophylaxis (wound treatment followed by vaccine, no immunoglobulin), however, the mother did not. Rabies infection was subsequently laboratory confirmed in the mother and she died in December; her son is alive and healthy after 2 years of follow-up.This report documents that the timely utilization of postexposure prophylaxis is a required measure in preventing rabies after exposure to an animal bite.

SUBMITTER: Huang XY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5497382 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Bites from the same dog, different outcomes for two patients: a case report.

Huang Xue-Yong XY   Li Xing-Le XL   Wu Shu-Yu SY   Gu Yu-Lei YL   Lv Xin-Jun XJ   Klena John David JD   Xu Bian-Li BL  

Infectious diseases of poverty 20170705 1


<h4>Background</h4>Rabies is a serious reemerging zoonosis in China. At present human rabies cases are primarily diagnosed based on clinical presentation.<h4>Case presentation</h4>In August 2012, a woman and her son were attacked by a stray dog in Henan, China. The son received rabies postexposure prophylaxis (wound treatment followed by vaccine, no immunoglobulin), however, the mother did not. Rabies infection was subsequently laboratory confirmed in the mother and she died in December; her son  ...[more]

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