Antibiotics to prevent infection in patients with dog bite wounds: a meta-analysis of randomized trials

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Prophylactic antibiotics reduce the incidence of infection in patients with dog bite wounds. The full costs and benefits of antibiotics in this situation are not known. It may be reasonable to limit prophylactic antibiotics to patients with wounds that are at high risk for infection.
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Authors Cummings P;;
Journal Annals of emergency medicine
Year 1994
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meta-analysis National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE animals humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine randomized controlled trials as topic risk anti-bacterial agents / therapeutic use* wound infection / etiology wound infection / prevention & control* dogs* bites and stings / complications bites and stings / drug therapy* pmid:8135429 doi:10.1016/s0196-0644(94)70073-7 p cummings

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