Routine prophylactic antibiotic use in the management of snakebite

BMC Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Tagwireyi, Dexter D ^a   Ball, Douglas E ^a   Nhachi, Charles F B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PENICILLIN V;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; SNAKEBITE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ZIMBABWE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; DRUG UTILIZATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SNAKE BITES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0009835945     PISSN: 14726904     EISSN: 14726904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6904-1-4     Document Type: Article

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