Analysis of qualification for post-exposure prophylaxis against rabies in children in Poland.
Aleksandra OstrowskaAnna SusłoKatarzyna ZabłockaCarlo BieńkowskiMaria Pokorska-ŚpiewakPublished in: Paediatrics and international child health (2023)
Most children who are referred after being bitten by an animal require post-exposure prophylaxis. Children are usually bitten by tame dogs with which they are unfamiliar, mostly on the hand. Surgical wound care is needed more often for urban patients than others.