Antibiotic prescribing in patients who presented to the emergency department with dog bites: A descriptive review of current practice.

Megan BaxterKerina J Denny Gerben Keijzers

Published in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2020)

Prophylactic antibiotics are extensively used for patients with dog bites. There is scope to rationalise antibiotic use and route of antibiotic administration in patients with dog bites.

Keyphrases

emergency department
primary care
healthcare
multidrug resistant
adverse drug
cross sectional
quality improvement