TY - JOUR T1 - Antibiotics in non-venomous snakebite JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 142 LP - 142 DO - 10.1136/emj.19.2.142 VL - 19 IS - 2 AU - Polly Terry AU - Kevin Mackway-Jones Y1 - 2002/03/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/19/2/142.1.abstract N2 - A short cut review was carried out to establish whether prophylactic antibiotics reduced the incidence of infection after non-venemous snake bite. Altogether 60 papers were found using the reported search, of which two presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results, and study weaknesses of these best papers are tabulated. A clinical bottom line is stated. ER -