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What are the signs and symptoms of wound infection?
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Multiple: fever, chills, wound erythema, tenderness, warmth,induration-swelling, Rubor, calor, dolor, tumor,
Answered 11/17/2014
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Infection: A wound infection is caused by a bacterium. There are thousands of species of bacteria that we live with every day; a smaller subset are the culprits of wound infections. Consider infection if there is pain, redness, odor, drainage, lack of healing over a reasonable time period, and any changes in the wound that are negative (enlarging, change in color of the tissue, etc.)
Answered 11/23/2014
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