ANTIBACTERIAL THERAPY IN INFECTIONS RESULTING FROM HUMAN BITES

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Abstract
Specific antibacterial therapy probably has contributed more to relieving the fear of previously serious infections than any other single development in recent years. Infections resulting from human bites were very serious prior to specific antibacterial therapy; the prognosis was poor and crippling resulted often. Many factors, including antibacterial therapy, are responsible for the improved results in the treatment of such infections. The cases presented in this paper are those collected at the Charity Hospital of Louisiana in New Orleans, in which treatment was given during the year 1948-1949. Included in these cases are those of four patients who received bacitracin parenterally for an already-established infection. In separate papers Boyce1 has presented two series of cases of infections resulting from human bites. These cases were collected from the records at Charity Hospital, New Orleans, and occurred prior to the cases reported in this paper. A review of the literature does