Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Routine vs. Clinically-Directed Antibiotic Treatment in Snake Bite With Local Envenomation: a Randomised Controlled Trial
Brief Summary: Clinicians tend to overuse antibiotics in snake bite despite evidence from three previous clinical trials that failed to show a benefit. But, none of these trials was done in India. Further, the species of snake in two of these trials was quite different from that seen in the Indian setting limiting generalization of these findings. Hence, home-grown evidence is needed to persuade clinicians to use antibiotics rationally.