Researchers believe they have found a new bacterium after a man's hand and arm swelled up alarmingly from an infected cat bite
Doctors surgically removed some of the tissue from his fingers and hand and gave him three more kinds of antibiotics.They took a swab from the infection and found it to be an unknown organism that was like the bacteria Streptococcus, which is associated with conditions like meningitis.
But the swabs suggested that the particular bacteria was a new microbe that had never previously been recorded - possibly a “distinct and previously undescribed species," as researchers put it. The case was recorded in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases in an article by researchers from Cambridge, Imperial College and the UK Health Security Agency.
The researchers said this case highlights the role of cats as reservoirs of as yet undiscovered bacterial species that have human pathogenic potential. Cat bites are known for being potentially dangerous. People are advised in all cases to immediately wash wounds from cat bites with soap or salt and see a doctor straight away.
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