Cat bite wound infections: A prospective clinical and microbiological study at three emergency wards in Stockholm, Sweden

Journal of Infection

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 403-407

  Westling, Katarina ^a   Farra, Anna ^b   Cars, Björn ^c   Ekblom, Anna Gerber ^c   Sandstedt, Karin ^b   Settergren, Bo ^b   Wretlind, Bengt ^b   Jorup, Christina ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM SÖDER HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cat bite wound; Infections; Pasteurella multocida

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BITE WOUND; CAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EDEMA; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PAIN; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA; PHARYNX; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWEDEN; TENOSYNOVITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BITES AND STINGS; CATS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PASTEURELLA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33750612891     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2006.01.001     Document Type: Article

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