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The operating characteristic curves and area under the curve (AUC) and wound infection rates were compared between the derivation set (our previous study patient population) and the validation set (new patient cohorts enrolled between June 2017 and May 2021). No significant differences in the AUC for both the BITE (0.84 vs. 0.78, p = 0.27) and Cobra BITE (0.88 vs. 0.75, p = 0.21) scoring systems were observed between the derivation and validation sets. Morganella morganii and Enterococcus faecalis were the two most commonly detected bacteria in the microbiological study. More bacterial species were cultured from N. atra-infected wounds. Antibiotics such as amoxicillin with clavulanic acid, oxacillin, and ampicillin may not be suitable for treating patients with P. mucrosquamatus, V. stejnegeri, and N. atra bites in Taiwan. Carbapenem, third-generation cephalosporins, and fluoroquinolone may be superior alternatives.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/toxins15010078","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,16]],"date-time":"2023-01-16T04:57:19Z","timestamp":1673845039000},"page":"78","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Wound Infection of Snakebite from Venomous Protobothrops mucrosquamatus, Viridovipera stejnegeri and Naja atra in Taiwan: Validation of BITE and Cobra BITE Scoring Systems and their Bacteriological Differences in Wound Cultures"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0222-342X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Heng","family":"Yeh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Lin-Kou Medical Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan"},{"name":"School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shi-Ying","family":"Gao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9613-115X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chih-Chuan","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, Lin-Kou Medical Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 33305, Taiwan"},{"name":"School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 33302, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,1,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"38","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jacme.2015.04.004","article-title":"Population-based study of venomous snakebite in Taiwan","volume":"5","author":"Chen","year":"2015","journal-title":"J. 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