An Analysis of Dog and Cat Bite Cases Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital, Bursa

Abstract

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the epidemiology of dog and cat bite cases in Bursa, Turkey through 2018–2022. Materials and Methods: A retrospective patient review was carried out. This study was conducted in the department of the Emergency Medicine of Yuksek Ihtisas Training and Research Hospital, Bursa, Turkey. The injury patterns and epidemiologic data of the patients were evaluated. A total of 92 animal bite cases were reviewed. Results and Conclusion: This study was enrolled 49 men (53.3%) and 43 women (46.7%) with an average age of 37.09± 16.65 years. None of them died as a consequence of animal bite. The findings indicate that a significant correlation was found between the site of injury, the type of wound, antibiotic use, and the species of the biting animals [(p=0.001), (p<0.001), (p<0.001)]. Cats were found as the cause of animal bites in 58.7% of the cases. Of the studied cases, 97.8% had received rabies vaccination four times. Education programs of society, vaccination of animals and limiting the number of stray dogs are crucial.

Keywords

• Animal bite
• cat bites
• dog bites
• emergency medicine
• forensic medicine

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