Dog-bite wounds: Bacteriology and treatment outcome in 37 cases

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 453-460

  Griffin, Greg M ^a,b   Holt, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Regional Veterinary Referral Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; TIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BITE WOUND; CLOSTRIDIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DOG BITE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS;

EID: 0034852934     PISSN: 05872871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/15473317-37-5-453     Document Type: Article

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