Routine antibiotic therapy in the management of the local inflammatory swelling in venomous snakebites: Results of a placebo-controlled study

Ceylon Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 151-155

  Kularatne, S A M ^a   Kumarasiri, P V R ^a   Pushpakumara, S K C ^a   Dissanayaka, W P ^b   Ariyasena, H ^b   Gawarammana, I B ^a   Senanayake, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Anuradhapura General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SNAKE VENOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SNAKEBITE; SRI LANKA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLINS; SNAKE BITES; SNAKE VENOMS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 33646265522     PISSN: 00090875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v50i4.1405     Document Type: Article

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