A Prospective Evaluation of Risk Factors for Infections from Dog‐bite Wounds

J. Dire, Daniel; E. Hogan, David; W. Riggs, Mark

doi:10.1111/j.1553-2712.1994.tb02442.x

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A Prospective Evaluation of Risk Factors for Infections from Dog‐bite Wounds

Published in Academic Emergency Medicine • May 1, 1994

Authors:

Daniel J. Dire

David E. Hogan

Mark W. Riggs

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To define risk factors for infections from dog- bite wounds and to model the probability of wound infection in patients presenting without infection who are treated as outpatients. METHODS: A prospective survey of 769 consecutive dog-bite victims presenting over a two-year period to a com...

Subject

Medicine

Debridement (dental)

Surgery

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