SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS - Practical Plastic Surgery
Soft Tissue Infections 187 1. Remind the patient that more than one dose of an antibiotic is needed to see any significant difference. 2. Follow the patient closely because changes in antibiotic therapy
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