Towards evidence based emergency medicine: best BETs from the Manchester Royal Infirmary. Antibiotics after puncture wounds to the foot.
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.
Harrison
Magnus
M
Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK.
Thomas
Martin
M
D000328:Adult; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D018409:Foot Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*