Ravenna, dead from the bite of a dog – Chronicle

Ravenna, February 3, 2019 – He was walking near his home in the via Sant & Alberto. And would never have imagined that the dog crossing, on the leash of his master but without muzzlehe would suddenly turn against him azzannandolo in one leg. But just because of that bite, received on January 6, which at the beginning did not seem to have anything serious and which had produced only a slight bleeding, the man death three weeks later, on January 30th. Shed light on causes of death of a Ravenna woman aged ninety, who gives aausl must be attributed to aseptic shock following a dog bite ", the RM of the turn Cristina D & # 39; Aniello ordered theautopsy and open a case for intentional homicide, for the moment against strangers. Looking for the owner of the animal that initially with the man attacked, had not given too much weight to the episode. The cause of death must be sought in a necrotizing and formidable fascination killing bacteria, a mixture of streptococci and staphylococci transmitted by the bite and a lethal result in a short time.

According to the first surveys, the former after being bitten was rescuing the master from the animal, which gave him paper tissues to dab the wound. Immediately did not go to the emergency room, he went to the family doctor who prescribed him antibiotic, Augmentin. The conditions have not improved, he is sent on January 23 to attend the "Center for difficult injuries" of Ravenna, the Hyperbaric Center. Here, it was established that the wound did not present any particular abnormality. So he was given an appointment within two days for the next treatment. In the meantime, he should continue to take the antibiotic, which he would not have done because of intestinal disorders. In the hyperbaric center, the patient did not return. The state of malaise did not diminish and appeared serious breathing problems this led to hospitalization. Here he was visited by infectious diseasebut a few days later, his condition collapsed and he died last Wednesday.

The diagnosis of the killer virus resulting from the sting was made by the same doctors from Santa Maria delle Croci. The first cause to study is therefore a necrotizing fasciitis, a set of bacteria capable of attacking the muscular fascia, or even progressing by one centimeter per hour. Other causes that are not currently excluded, although more unlikely, include tetanus due to ground-borne spores. In fact, the man would have already been subjected to the lighter form of tetanus, with antibodies, which has a shorter duration. But even old age may have been a contributing cause of the fatal cardiovascular complication. The autopsy will clarify.