An alligator bite

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 564-567

  Sartain, Sarah E ^a   Steele, Russell W ^a,b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Alligator bites; Antibiotic prophylaxis; Antibiotics

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CLINDAMYCIN; TIMENTIN;

ADD ON THERAPY; ALLIGATOR; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BITE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMAN; LIMB REPLANTATION; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; WOUND CLOSURE;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARM INJURIES; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; DEBRIDEMENT; HUMANS; MALE; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 65949097504     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922808326299     Document Type: Article

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