As mordeduras humanas e de animais domésticos e selvagens são comuns e representam uma porcentagem importante dos atendimentos médicos de urgência. Além de complicações agudas como sangramento e grandes lacerações, podem ocorrer infecções graves por espécies comuns e incomuns de bactérias. O tratamento envolve duas etapas: as medidas de primeiros socorros e os cuidados tardios para o tratamento das infecções secundárias e reparos de tecidos lesados. Esta atualização discute estes aspectos, levando em consideração que o médico e outros participantes de equipes de saúde devem ter conhecimento destas complicações e das medidas terapêuticas propostas para estes acidentes. DESCRITORES: Mordeduras e picadas; infecções bacterianas; agentes antibacterianos; animais selvagens; animais domésticos.
This communication describes two attacks by domestic and wild carnivores in Caceres County, localized in the Pantanal area, an extensive flooded plain in Mato Grosso State, Midwest region of Brazil. The first attack took place in an urban area and was caused by a Rottweiler dog (Canis lupus familiaris) created by the family of the victim. Another attack occurred in a rural area, caused by a jaguar (Panthera onca), which was disturbed while feeding, characterizing an unprovoked attack. Both the patients were wounded in the forearm, with different severity of the wounds. The lesions restricted to the forearm were the consequence of the victims using their arms as a shield, featuring the "defense" injuries, but the severity of the wounds were proportional to the strength of the attacking carnivore. Health staffs and emergency centers should be alert for soft tissue and bone injuries in the observed body regions after domestic and wild animal attacks.
The jaguar, Panthera onca (Linnaeus, 1758), is the biggest felid in the Americas. Its range extends from the southwestern United States to northern Argentina. Herein, we present 5 nonfatal jaguar attacks that occurred in Brazil between March 2010 and November 2021. Most of the cases occurred when the victim encountered a jaguar guarding its food or cubs or devouring prey; none appeared to be the result of predatory behavior.
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