Prophylactic antibiotics in dog bite wounds: Nipping at the heels of progress

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 577-579

  Callaham, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DICLOXACILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOG BITE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTICS; BITES AND STINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOGS; HUMAN; META-ANALYSIS; RISK; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0028299901     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-0644(94)80284-X     Document Type: Editorial

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