Animal and human bites: Evaluation and management

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-10

  Stefanopoulos, Panayotis ^a,b   Karabouta, Zacharoula ^a,c   Bisbinas, Ilias ^a   Georgiannos, Dimitrios ^a,d   Karabouta, Irene ^a,b  

^a 424 General Army Hospital   (Greece)

^b G Papanikolaou Hospital   (Greece)

^c BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOXITIN; CEFPROZIL; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIPLOID CELL VACCINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; LORACARBEF; PENICILLIN G; POVIDONE IODINE; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TIMENTIN; ZIDOVUDINE;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTEROIDES; BITE; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CAT; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DEBRIDEMENT; DOG BITE; DRUG CHOICE; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; EMERGENCY WARD; FUSOBACTERIUM; GERMANY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MORAXELLA; NEISSERIA; OSTEOMYELITIS; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PASTEURELLA; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; RABIES; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; UNITED STATES; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BITES AND STINGS; BITES, HUMAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEBRIDEMENT; DOGS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 1542348449     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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