Cellulitis and bacteremia after a snake bite despite antibiotic preemptive treatment: A diagnosis challenge.

Travel Med Infect Dis

Infectious Diseases Department, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France; EA2656 (GRAM 2.0), IRIB, Normandie Univ, Unirouen, Rouen, France.

Published: June 2021

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