My national health authority says: - Human bites are known to be at risk of infection and subsequent complications with an infection rate ranging from 10-50%.

My national health authority says: - Human bites are known to be at risk of infection and subsequent complications with an infection rate ranging from 10-50%. - An estimated 3% to 18% of dog bites become infected (median time to infection is 24 hours) - Due to the high rate of puncture wounds, infection rates after cat bites may be as high as 50% (median time to infection is 12 hours) I looked it up due to a recent animal bite :/ https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/2/gp/antibiotic-prescribing/conditions-and-treatments/skin-soft-tissue/human-bite/ https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/2/gp/antibiotic-prescri...