How human bites led to infective endocarditis: case
The middle-aged man presented to the ED in septic shock, with two deep bite marks on his chest, Chilean doctors report
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Doctors are being urged to look out for cardiac complications in patients presenting with human bites, after a Chilean man developed purulent pericarditis from deep bites on his chest and abdomen.
The 40-year-old man with obesity presented to the ED with septic shock, 14 days after a woman inflicted two deep bites on his anterior thorax and a superficial lesion on his abdomen.