In 2018, a Dane adopted a cat and her babies from a shelter and was bitten by one of the kittens. Four years later, he died from the bite, due to a bacterial infection.
It’s a terrible story that began in 2018. That year, Henrik Kriegbaum Plettner, a Dane, decided to go to a shelter to adopt a cat and her babies. A few days later, while trying to move one of the kittens, he is bitten by animal at the index level. If at first he is not worried about the small bite, a few hours later, his hand has doubled in size.
The 33-year-old man then calls a doctor, who tells him to wait until the next day to consult. It then follows from numerous consultations until Henrik Kriegbaum Plettner arrived at the Danish hospital in Kolding, where he was finally treated and hospitalized for a monthas reported by DailyMail in an article published on Wednesday, December 14.
The amputation did not save the Dane
After having undergone 15 operations in an attempt to save his finger, the Dane is finally amputated, four months after the events. Unfortunately, his condition continues to worsen, as his mother reported: “The cat had bitten into a blood vessel, and when a cat bites and pulls its tooth, the hole closes and the bacteria spreads” she explained.
Henrik Kriegbaum Plettner fell victim to a bacteria known as Pasteurella multocida. The latter sometimes leads to a rare bacterial infection, which can be fatal. Although he was amputated, the Dane unfortunately did not survive his infection and died in October 2022, four years after its bite. “We knew he was ill, however, we had no idea he was so seriously ill. Go to the doctor after a bite, take no risk“Warned Désirée, the widow of the victim.