Alaska Man Develops Rare 'Seal Finger' Infection After Encountering Brown Bear in Possible Medical First

Mycoplasma phocimorsus is a zoonotic pathogen, often transmitted from seals, that is resistant to common antibiotics and can ...

Alaska Man Contracts Mysterious ‘Seal Finger’ Disease in What Officials Are Calling a Medical First

The 29-year-old hunter got the disease after skinning a brown bear off the Alaskan Peninsula, but it took doctors weeks to diagnose it ...
Anchorage Daily News

‘Seal finger’ infection affecting an Alaska bear hunter was a medical first

It is only the second known case of a person contracting seal finger from an animal other than a seal, and the first ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska doctor identifies first ‘seal finger’ infection linked to brown bear

An Alaska doctor has documented the first case of a rare and potentially risky infection from contact with a brown bear. The infection is known as “seal finger” and people typically get it handling ...