Phlegmon of the foot as a camel bite complication

Pol Przegl Chir. 2015 Feb 3;86(10):486-9. doi: 10.2478/pjs-2014-0086.

Abstract

The great popularity of foreign excursions and travel in exotic directions, as well as increasing popularity of breeding exotic animals at home, is evidence that in daily practice one may observe injuries inflicted by animals atypically occurring in Poland. The study presented and described a rare case of a patient attacked by a camel living in an agro-tourism farm in our country. Thanks to the combination of surgical and conservative treatment complete wound healing was observed, including the skin grafts, with preserved motor function of the foot.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bites and Stings / complications*
  • Bites and Stings / surgery*
  • Camelus*
  • Cellulitis / etiology*
  • Cellulitis / therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Poland
  • Skin Transplantation
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Wound Healing