Tegu (Teiu) bite: Report of human injury caused by a Teiidae lizard

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 111-113

  Haddad Jr , Vidal ^a   Duarte, Marcelo R ^a   Neto, Domingos Garrone ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Attack; Bite; Lizard; Teiidae; Tupinanbis

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALEXIN; PARACETAMOL; TETANUS TOXOID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AVULSION FRACTURE; BITE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTAL PHALANX; EMERGENCY CARE; FINGER INJURY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LAVAGE; LIZARD; MALE; PAIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TETANUS; TETANUS PROPHYLAXIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND; WOUND CARE;

EID: 45149129385     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/07-WEME-CR-1172.1     Document Type: Article

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