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Plantar puncture wounds: controversies and treatment recommendations
1Brooke Army Medical Center, Wilford Hall Air Force Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Annals of Emergency Medicine
|December 1, 1989
Abstract:
Future studies are needed to define the natural history of plantar puncture wounds; delineate optimal initial evaluation techniques; examine the role of broad-spectrum antimicrobials for prophylaxis; treatment, or both; and investigate optimal therapy for immunocompromised patients.