The microbiology of crocodile attacks in Far North Queensland: implications for empirical antimicrobial therapy

Med J Aust. 2017 Apr 17;206(7):307-308. doi: 10.5694/mja16.01058.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Alligators and Crocodiles*
  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Bacillus cereus / isolation & purification
  • Bites and Stings / drug therapy*
  • Bites and Stings / microbiology
  • Candida albicans / isolation & purification
  • Candidiasis / prevention & control
  • Ceftazidime / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Citrobacter koseri / isolation & purification
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / prevention & control
  • Enterococcus / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Metronidazole / therapeutic use
  • Middle Aged
  • Penicillins / therapeutic use
  • Proteus Infections / prevention & control
  • Proteus vulgaris / isolation & purification
  • Pseudomonas Infections / prevention & control
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification
  • Queensland
  • Staphylococcal Infections / prevention & control
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
  • Streptococcal Infections / prevention & control
  • Streptococcus / isolation & purification
  • Wound Infection / microbiology
  • Wound Infection / prevention & control*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Penicillins
  • Metronidazole
  • Ceftazidime