Autor: |
Laura K. Smith, John Vardanega, Simon Smith, Julian White, Mark Little, Josh Hanson |
Jazyk: |
angličtina |
Rok vydání: |
2023 |
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Zdroj: |
Journal of Tropical Medicine, Vol 2023 (2023) |
Druh dokumentu: |
article |
ISSN: |
1687-9694 |
DOI: |
10.1155/2023/5812766 |
Popis: |
Objective. To define the incidence of infection following snakebite in tropical Australia and the resulting implications for the routine prescription of prophylactic antibiotics. Methods. A retrospective study of all individuals presenting to Cairns Hospital, a tertiary referral hospital in tropical Australia, after a snakebite between December 2013 and October 2020. Results. There were 732 hospitalisations, 720 (98.4%) patients presented within 8 hours of the snakebite, and 29/732 (4.0%) were envenomated. Envenomated patients were more likely to receive empirical antibiotics than nonenvenomated patients (8/29 (27.6%) versus 14/703 (2.0%), p |
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