Fulminant infection by uncommon organisms in animal bite wounds

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 876, 1998, Pages 611-612

  Dutta, J K ^a  

^a Amar Nath Poly Clinic   (India)

Author keywords

Animal bites; Capnocytophaga canimorsus; Pasteurella multocida

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; RABIES VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BITE; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; DOG BITE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RABIES;

EID: 0031709230     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.74.876.611     Document Type: Article

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