SIMIAN BITES AND BACTERIAL-INFECTION

Three patients with simian bites and resultant infection are described , The bacteriology of the wounds was diverse and included cu-hemolytic streptococci and other streptococci in all wounds, enterococci, Staph ylococcus epidermidis, and Enterobacteriaceae. A literature review rev ealed brief mentions of 132 cases of simian bites in some of which Bac teroides species, Fusobacterium species, and Eikenella corrodens were isolated, Infection, despite antimicrobial therapy, and complications, such as osteomyelitis and flexion contractures, occurred frequently.