Table 2.

Time elapsed to emergency department presentation, antibiotic usage and hospital admission

	% of patients
	Specific bite location comparison					Closed-fist injury comparison
Variable	Hands or fingers, n = 195	Head or neck, n = 69	Extremities, n = 91	Other, n = 33	Total, n = 388	Closed- fist injuries, n = 30	Other hand or finger bites, n = 165	All other bites, n = 193
Time elapsed from bite to ED presentation
< 24 h	74.1	78.3	79.8	75.0	76.2	55.2	77.5	78.5
≥ 24 h	25.9	21.7	20.2	25.0	23.8	44.8	22.5	21.5
Antibiotic usage
Any antibiotics received	82.6	82.6	63.7	72.7	77.3	86.7	81.8	72.0
Antibiotics received in ED	67.2	69.6	42.9	45.5	60.1	83.3	64.2	52.9
Form of antibiotic delivered
Any intravenous antibiotic usage	51.3	43.5	8.8	12.1	36.6	73.3	47.3	21.8
Any oral antibiotic usage	63.1	71.0	60.4	72.7	64.7	46.7	64.8	57.4
Intravenous in ED only	19.5	11.6	3.3	0.0	12.6	33.3	17.0	5.7
Oral in ED only	1.5	1.4	5.5	0.0	2.3	6.7	0.6	3.1
Oral at discharge only	15.4	13.0	20.9	27.3	17.3	3.3	17.6	19.2
Intravenous and oral in ED	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.0
Intravenous and oral in ED and oral at discharge	2.6	4.3	1.1	0.0	2.3	0.0	3.0	2.0
Oral in ED and at discharge	14.4	24.7	28.6	33.3	21.1	3.3	16.3	28.0
Intravenous in ED and oral at discharge	28.7	27.6	4.4	12.1	21.4	40.0	26.7	14.0
No antibiotics	17.4	17.4	36.2	27.3	22.7	13.4	18.2	28.0
Admission to hospital	16.9	8.7	3.3	3.0	11.0	36.7	13.3	5.2

ED = emergency department.