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Table 5 Infection status of patients who returned for follow-up wound care

From: Antibiotic prophylaxis for oral lacerations: our emergency department’s experience

 

N (%)

 

Infected

Not infected

Total

Topical antibiotics

0 (0)

11 (100)

11

Systemic antibiotics

1 (6)

16 (94)

17

Both topical and systemic antibiotics

1 (8)

11 (92)

12

No antibiotics prescribed

4 (22)

14 (78)

18

Total

6 (10)

52 (90)

58