RT Book, Section
A1 Fung, Monica
A1 Chin-Hong, Peter V.
A1 Guglielmo, B. Joseph
A1 Gruenberg, Katherine
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1193134086
T1 Animal & Human Bite Wounds
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023
YR 2023
FD 2023
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264687343
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193134086
RD 2024/04/19
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.