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Chapter 56 - Bites (Dogs, Cats, Rodents, Lagomorphs)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2018

By
Hugh West  and
Sukhjit S. Takhar
Edited by
Rachel L. Chin ,
Bradley W. Frazee  and
Zlatan Coralic
Rachel L. Chin
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Bradley W. Frazee
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Zlatan Coralic
Affiliation:
University of California, San Francisco
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Emergency Management of Infectious Diseases , pp. 369 - 374
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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Cohen, J. I., Davenport, D. S., Stewart, J. A., et al. Recommendations for prevention of and therapy for exposure to B virus (cercopithecine herpesvirus 1). Clin. Infect. Dis. 2002; 35(10): 1191–203.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cummings, P. Antibiotics to prevent infection in patients with dog bite wounds: a meta-analysis of randomized trials. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1994; 23(3): 535–40.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Dwyer, J. P., Douglas, T. S., and van As, A. B. Dog bite injuries in children – a review of data from a South African paediatric trauma unit. S. Afr. Med. J. 2007; 97(8): 597–600.Google ScholarPubMed
Moscati, R. M., Mayrose, J., Reardon, R. F., et al. A multicenter comparison of tap water versus sterile saline for wound irrigation. Acad. Emerg. Med. 2007; 14(5): 404–9.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Paschos, N. K., Makris, E. A., Gantsos, A., et al. Primary closure versus non-closure of dog bite wounds. A randomized controlled trial. Injury 2014; 45(1): 237–40.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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Cohen, J. I., Davenport, D. S., Stewart, J. A., et al. Recommendations for prevention of and therapy for exposure to B virus (cercopithecine herpesvirus 1). Clin. Infect. Dis. 2002; 35(10): 1191–203.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Cummings, P. Antibiotics to prevent infection in patients with dog bite wounds: a meta-analysis of randomized trials. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1994; 23(3): 535–40.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Dwyer, J. P., Douglas, T. S., and van As, A. B. Dog bite injuries in children – a review of data from a South African paediatric trauma unit. S. Afr. Med. J. 2007; 97(8): 597–600.Google ScholarPubMed
Moscati, R. M., Mayrose, J., Reardon, R. F., et al. A multicenter comparison of tap water versus sterile saline for wound irrigation. Acad. Emerg. Med. 2007; 14(5): 404–9.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Paschos, N. K., Makris, E. A., Gantsos, A., et al. Primary closure versus non-closure of dog bite wounds. A randomized controlled trial. Injury 2014; 45(1): 237–40.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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