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Re: Dermabond and dog bites

I saw the same problem on a 2y/o the other day.  One day post
bite/"repair" with dermabond, the wound was infefcted.  I couldn't
believe it.  Is it in the product recommendations?
Matt Davis, MD

On Sat, 21 Aug 1999,
Paul R Prescott wrote:

> Had an 11 month old bitten on the face by the family dog. The worst
> wound was only 1 cm long and apparently not very deep. Local ER closed
> it with Dermabond. By the end of the week a large draining abcess had
> formed under it. I drained about 4cc of pus, cleansed it well, and
> Steri-stripped it, to follow daily.
>
> ER says they have used Dermabond on many animal bites without bad
> results.
>
> Any comments?
>
> Paul R Prescott, MD
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