A child that had gotten in the way of a hungry iguana with a sweet tooth resulted in what may be the first documented infection of a rare bacterial infection in a human from an iguana bite.
The bump on a young California girl's hand was mysterious -- and growing. It wasn't until she had seen two doctors and undergone a biopsy that her family realized the cause: The child had gotten in the way of a hungry iguana with a sweet tooth, resulting in what may be the first documented infection of a rare bacterial infection in a human from an iguana bite.
The iguana ran up to the girl and bit her on the back of her left middle finger, causing her to loosen her grip on the cake. The reptile then ran off with the snack, but it did leave something else behind. The wound appeared to have cleared up in about two weeks. It was only five months later, when her parents noticed a dime-size bump on the girl's hand in the same spot, that they thought they should take her to another doctor. The girl told them it didn't hurt, and there were no other symptoms.
Most antibiotics alone don't typically work on these kinds of infections, so doctors started the girl on rifampin, an antimicrobial, and clarithromycin, an antibiotic often used for skin infections. The infection responded well to the treatment.
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