Effectiveness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Patients with Centipede bites: a randomized control trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: - wound infection- sterile wound reaction from centipedes bites; wound infection; cellulitis

• Registration Number: TCTR20190613005
• Lead Sponsor: Faculty of Medicine, Chaing Mai University

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2015-10-31
• Study Start: 2019-06-13
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

- 18 years old or above
- Had been bitten by a centipede within 12 hours of arriving at the emergency department
- Known the precise location of bite

Exclusion Criteria

- Allergic to penicillin and those who had taken antibiotics within the 7 days prior to admission.
- Immunocompromised such as patients with poorly controlled DM, undergoing chemotherapy, leukemia or cancer, HIV positive, humoral immune deficiency, post splenectomy, using steroids.
- Patients with severe infection, fever, wounds with water blisters, pus or necrosis needing surgical drainage, wounds showing a rapid spread of infection or with a clinical description matching necrotizing fasciitis

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Wound infection in 5 day after centipedes bite increasing pain, swelling, red/burning sensation, tenderness, postulation or wound turning black

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
tongue coating Researcher record the data suddenly after intervention and 3 hours after intervention tongue coating index