Adherence to treatment in patients with animal bites in a hospital of Colombia

• Main Authors: Daniela Paola Escobar Domingo (Author), Erika Marcela Méndez Ordóñez (Author), Manuel Andrés Ferro Morales (Author), Leonardo Rueda Medina (Author), Mauricio Rodríguez Urrea (Author), Francisco Zambrano García (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The treatment of animal bite wounds includes both local management and prophylactic use of oral antibiotics. However, the effectiveness of the latter in our population is inconclusive. This research aims to identify the relationship between adherence to antibiotic treatment and the infec...