Dog bites

British Medical Journal

Volumn 334, Issue 7590, 2007, Pages 413-417

  Morgan, Marina ^a   Palmer, John ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALEXIN; CILASTATIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN V; PLACEBO; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RABIES VACCINE; TETRACYCLINE;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEBRIDEMENT; DOG BITE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; LAVAGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BITES AND STINGS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; HAND INJURY; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH EDUCATION; INJURY; LIMB; NECK INJURY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BITES AND STINGS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DOGS; EXTREMITIES; HAND INJURIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; NECK INJURIES; RABIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33847709120     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39105.659919.BE     Document Type: Review

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