The bacteriology and antimicrobial susceptibility of infected and non-infected dog bite wounds: Fifty cases

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 127, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 360-368

  Meyers, Bruce ^a   Schoeman, Johan P ^a   Goddard, Amelia ^a   Picard, Jackie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Bacteriology; Bite wounds; Canine; Dog

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINCOMYCIN; ORBIFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; SPECTINOMYCIN; SULFONAMIDE;

ACTINOMYCES; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BITE WOUND; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CANIMORSUS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DISK DIFFUSION; DOG BITE; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PASTEURELLA; PASTEURELLA CANIS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREVOTELLA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BITES AND STINGS; DOGS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACTINOMYCES; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPNOCYTOPHAGA CANIMORSUS; CLOSTRIDIUM; PASTEURELLA CANIS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PREVOTELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 38649123302     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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