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. 2020 Feb 3:26:e20190098.
doi: 10.1590/1678-9199-JVATITD-2019-0098. eCollection 2020.

Antibiotic therapy for snakebite envenoming

Dabor Resiere  1 , José María Gutiérrez  2 , Rémi Névière  1 , André Cabié  3 , Mehdaoui Hossein  1 , Hatem Kallel  4
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Antibiotic therapy for snakebite envenoming

Dabor Resiere et al. J Venom Anim Toxins Incl Trop Dis. .

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.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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