A Canadian girl, who was dragged into the water by a sea lion, was prescribed a course of antibiotics to prevent the development of a disease caused by the bites of pinnipeds. This is reported by NBC News. Employees of the Vancouver Aquarium, who learned about the incident, turned to the parents of the injured child through the media and warned that the wound could have been contaminated. The infection that seals and sea lions carry is well known to hunters in these animals. When the bacterium Mycoplasma phocacerebrale enters the wound, it occurs in the oral cavity of marine animals, the affected area swells, the joints become inflamed, the edema of the bone marrow begins. In the past, the only way to stop the infection was amputation, but now it is treated with tetracycline.

The parents of the injured girl saw the treatment and took the child to the doctors. Despite the fact that the teeth of the sea lion left only minor scratches, experts decided not to take risks and prescribed antibiotics. May 21, it was reported that in the Canadian city of Richmond the sea lion grabbed the girl by the dress and dragged her into the water. One of her relatives immediately jumped for her and saved the child.

Original article: The girl saved from the sea lion was prescribed antibiotics.