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1: Emerg Med J. 2002 Jan;19(1):49.Click here to read Links

Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary. Antibiotics after puncture wounds to the foot.

Harrison M, Thomas M.

Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK.

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether antibiotics reduce infective complications after puncture wounds to the foot. A total of 29 papers were found using the reported search, of which none answered the question posed. Further research is needed in this area.

PMID: 11777876 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC1725748