Antibiotics to prevent infection in patients with dog bite wounds: a meta-analysis of randomized trials
Cummings P;;
Annals of emergency medicine1994Vol. 23pp. -
298
p1994annalsantibiotics
Abstract
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.