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Mastering Minor Care: Dog Bites

Taming the SRU

Finally, a randomized-control trial found that prophylactic antibiotics for dog bite wounds did not statistically change infection outcomes and was not cost-effective, recommending that prophylactic antibiotics only be used in high-risk wounds [12]. Clinical Infectious Diseases. Stevens DL, Bisno AL, Chambers HF, et al.

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Updates on Onchocerciasis: Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment

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Vision loss carries a high degree of morbidity and is associated with higher all-cause mortality, 4 and it is our role as emergency providers to recognize potentially reversible causes of such adverse outcomes. million infected people suffer from skin disease and 1.15 7 Approximately 14.6 million from partial or complete blindness.