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The infectious process consists of an epidemiologic triad of agent, host, and environment. Clinicians should always be mindful that the interaction among these three variables is never static.

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Empiric therapy of DFIs should ideally be guided by the severity of the infection and the likely microbiology of the wound. Acute, relatively mild infections in patients who have not recently ...