RT Book, Section
A1 Chin-Hong, Peter V.
A1 Guglielmo, B. Joseph
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1184163393
T1 Animal & Human Bite Wounds
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264269389
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184163393
RD 2024/04/18
AB ESSENTIALS  OF  DIAGNOSISCat  and  human  bites  have  higher  rates  of  infection  than  dog  bites.Hand  bites  are  particularly  concerning  for  the  possibility  of  closed-space  infection.Antibiotic  prophylaxis  indicated  for  noninfected  bites  of  the  hand  and  hospitalization  required  for  infected  hand  bites.All  infected  wounds  need  to  be  cultured  to  direct  therapy.