Es raro porque recomiendan la limpieza con jabón, etanol al 70% y/o povidona iodada.
FIRST AID/TREATMENT: First aid for rabies begins with good wound care, which can reduce the risk of rabies by up to 90%. Wash the wound with a soap solution, followed by 70% ethanol or an iodine containing solution
(1,3-5). Following wound care, the clinician must decide whether to institute passive and/or active immunization
(3).
1 Takayama, N. (2008). Rabies: a preventable but incurable disease.
Journal of Infection & Chemotherapy, 14 (1), 8-14.
3 Bleck, T. P. (2006). Rabies. In R. L. Guerrant, D. H. Walker & P. F. Weller (Eds.),
Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens, and Practice (2nd ed., pp. 839-851). Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Churchill Livingston.
4 Krauss, H., Weber, A., Appel, M., Enders, B., Isenberg, H. D., Schiefer, H. G., Slenczka, H. G., von Graevenitz, A., & Zahner, H. (2003). Viral Zoonoses.
Zoonoses: Infectious diseases transmissible from animals to humans (3rd ed., pp. 113-119). Washington, D.C.: ASM Press.
5 (2004). In D. L. Heymann (Ed.),
Control of Communicable Diseases Manual (18th ed., pp. 438-447). Washington, D.C.: American Public Health Association.
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