Micah Hayes's cat Mr. Sammie had never bitten anyone before until that fateful day and an encounter with a friend's dog.

trapping the bacteria and making the tissue beneath the skin a “fertile” ground for infection, Gaillard said. In one study by the Mayo Clinic, 1 in 3 cat bites to the hand required ...

Another reason that cat bites are uniquely risky are due to the presence of a bacteria called pasteurella multocida, which is one of the major causes of hand infections from cat bites. Pasteurella ...

A disturbing medical case from the UK has revealed how a seemingly ordinary cat bite transformed into a medical emergency ...

This is especially true if your hand is involved ... immunocompromised or have conditions like diabetes. Infection is the result of cat bites that medical providers are most concerned about.

Cat bites may look less serious than dog bites, but beware: They can cause dangerous infections, particularly when they involve the hand, new research indicates. Although cats have no more germs in ...

In an attempt to prevent further injury, Hagarty, of Iowa, did her best to catch Figgy—only for her hand to collide with ... At the time, Hagarty knew cat bites could be harmful, but she never ...

who was admitted to the emergency department in 2020 with hand swelling, multiple puncture wounds and abrasions, about eight hours after sustaining bites from a feral cat. Researchers, including ...

A man in the UK developed an “extensive” mysterious bacterial infection after being bitten by a stray cat, new search has ... he arrived in A&E with painful hand swelling, multiple puncture ...