Animal bite injuries to the head: 132 cases

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-239

  Kesting, Marco Rainer ^a   Hölzle, Frank ^a   Pox, Christian ^a   Thurmüller, Petra ^a   Wolff, Klaus Dietrich ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal bites; Antibiotic prophylaxis; Primary wound closure; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFACLOR; CEFALEXIN; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BITE WOUND; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; DOG BITE; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG INDICATION; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GERMANY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INFANT; LIP DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STREPTOCOCCUS; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BITES AND STINGS; CAT; DOG; FACE INJURY; HORSE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; NEWBORN; PARROT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BITES AND STINGS; CATS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOGS; EQUIDAE; FACIAL INJURIES; HORSES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; PARROTS; RATS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746527074     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.06.015     Document Type: Article

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