Transcription of SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS - Practical Plastic Surgery
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SSOOFFTT TTIISSSSUUEE IINNFFEECCTTIIOONNSSSoft TISSUE INFECTIONS can be difficult to treat. All health care providers,especially those practicing in rural settings, must be able to differenti-ate between INFECTIONS that need treatment with antibiotics alone andinfections that require incision and drainage or more radical debride-ment. Serious consequences can result when a severe infection requir-ing operative management is misdiagnosed as a minor infection. CCeelllluulliittiiss AAbbsscceessssCellulitisis a diffuse infection of the soft tissues with no localized areaof pus amenable to drainage.
Soft Tissue Infections 185 Cuts from glass and punctures from metal objects should raise concern about the presence of a foreign body in the soft tissues.
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