Dog bites commonly transmit bacteria and have a high risk of infection. Any bite that breaks the skin should be evaluated by a healthcare provider. This article discusses dog bite treatment.

The majority of bites are still from dogs ... to be learned about bite infections. As new and improved techniques for identification and susceptibility testing of bacterial pathogens are developed ...

Human bites tend to have a higher complication and infection rate than animal bites, with approximately 10–15% of human bites becoming infected. [9] Infection usually emerges 1–2 days after ...