Facial bite wounds: Management update

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 464-472

  Stefanopoulos, P K ^a   Tarantzopoulou, Andromache D ^a,b  

^a 401 GENERAL MILITARY HOSPITAL OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFOXITIN; CEFUROXIME AXETIL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RABIES VACCINE; SULTAMICILLIN; TETANUS TOXOID; TIMENTIN;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; AVULSION INJURY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BITE; BITE WOUND; BOLUS INJECTION; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CANIMORSUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOG BITE; DRUG CHOICE; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; FACE INJURY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; RABIES; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TETANUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BITES AND STINGS; BITES, HUMAN; CATS; DOGS; FACIAL INJURIES; HUMANS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 20344364864     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2005.04.001     Document Type: Review

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