Outpatient Therapy of Bite Wounds

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Abstract
Thirty patients received penicillin (17 of these also received dicloxacillin) and 31 received amoxicillin/clavulanic add in a randomized study of the outpatient management of bite wounds. A wide variety of aerobic (185 strains) and anaerobic (47 strains) bacteria were isolated from these wounds. The control and study regimens were equally effective. There were four therapeutic failures in all. Aggressive wound management along with antimicrobial therapy led to a 87–96% cure rate. Loose stools or diarrhea was a more frequent side effect with amoxicillin/clavulanic acid than with penicillin ± dicloxacillin.