Multiple lesions by vampire bat bites in a patient in Niterói, Brazil - Case report

• Main Authors: Fred Bernardes Filho (Author), Gustavo Martins (Author), Gustavo Sabaini Luchi (Author), Bernard Kawa Kac (Author), José Augusto da Costa Nery (Author), Luna Azulay-Abulafia (Author), David Rubem Azulay (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia, 2014-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Over the last few centuries, the expansion of urbanization brought bats closer to urbanized areas, increasing the risk of accidents by bat bites. The morphology of bat bites can be varied, usually having an elliptical shape, about 0.5 cm along its greatest length, and the characteristic corkscrew bi...