• Evren Tevfik Isci and Erich Ritter.
• From the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (E.T.I.), Biruni University Medical School, Istanbul, Turkey; and Department of Mathematics and Statistics (E.R.), University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL; Shark Research Institute (E.R.), Global Shark Attack File, Princeton, NJ.
• J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2018 Aug 1; 85 (2): 398-405.

AbstractThe mouth of a shark is a breeding ground for a large variety of bacteria which can easily get transferred onto a human body in the event of a shark bite. Here, we review infections originating from shark oral bacterial flora, which originate from the microbiome of its prey, as well as from the surroundings where an incident takes place. We use the example of an incident which occurred in an aquarium involving a sandtiger shark, Carcharias taurus. In addition to a succinct analysis and interpretation of the wound and recovery process, an overview of currently known bacteria associated with shark bite wounds is given, as well as a summary of the effects of various previously tested antibiotics on bacteria derived from blacktip sharks, Carcharhinus limbatus, bull sharks, C. leucas, and tiger sharks, Galeocerdo cuvier.

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