Eyelid laceration sustained in an attack by a rabid desert fox.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Two patients were bitten on the face by a rabid desert fox and sustained eyelid lacerations. The patients were examined and they received the same prophylactic treatment: human rabies immunoglobulin, intramuscularly and at the laceration site, and rabies human-diploid cell vaccine. One patient survived; the other died. Eyelid laceration sustained by a bite of a rabid animal is a life-threatening condition; patients should receive prompt rabies prophylaxis.
Medical subject headings
- Bites and Stings
- Eye Injuries, Penetrating
- Eyelids
- Foxes