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Letter to the Editor - Vol. 26, 2020 |
Antibiotic therapy for snakebite envenoming
Dabor Resiere1, José María Gutiérrez2, Rémi Névière1, André Cabié3, Mehdaoui Hossein1, Hatem Kallel4
1 Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital of Martinique, Fort-de-France, Martinique.
2 Instituto Clodomiro Picado, Facultad de Microbiología, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica.
3 Department of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital of Martinique, Fort-de-France, Martinique.
4 Intensive Care Unit, Cayenne General Hospital, Cayenne, French Guiana.
Abstract
There are numerous conflicting recommendations available on the use of antibiotics following snakebite. The present letter to the editor presents some recommendations based on recent studies, and aims to stimulate debate on this topic.
Correspondence: dabor.resiere@chu-martinique.fr
Received: 06 December 2019; Accepted: 12 December 2019; Published online: 03 February 2020.