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- Title
Clinical Image: Crocodile Bite.
- Authors
Bonito, Consuelo; Sisti, Giovanni; Fambrini, Massimiliano
- Abstract
The article describes the case of a 29-year-old Nigerian woman who was severely injured due to a crocodile bite. The patient presented to the emergency room with severe pain radiating from the wounds in her left leg and radiating to her ankle and foot. The woman received a large spectrum antibiotic therapy with oral doxycycline and intravenous metronidazole and cefotaxime and was discharged after 15 days of intravenous therapy.
- Subjects
BITES &; stings; CROCODILE attacks; TREATMENT for bites &; stings; WOMEN'S injuries; INTRAVENOUS therapy; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Journal of Pakistan Medical Students, 2013, Vol 3, Issue 3, p118
- ISSN
2222-2332
- Publication type
Case Study