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PART 8: Infectious Diseases
SECTION 1   Basic Considerations in Infectious Diseases

e23 Infectious Complications of Burns
Lawrence C. Madoff / Florencia Pereyra

Figure e23-1  Cellulitis complicating a burn wound of the arm and demonstrating extension of the infection to adjacent healthy tissue. (Courtesy of Dr. Robert L. Sheridan, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; with permission.)
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Figure e23-2  A severe upper-extremity burn infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The wound requires additional debridement. Note the dark brown to black discoloration of the eschar. (Courtesy of Dr. Robert L. Sheridan, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; with permission.)
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Figure e23-3  A burn wound infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa, with liquefaction of tissue. Note the green discoloration at the wound margins, which is suggestive of Pseudomonas infection. (Courtesy of Dr. Robert L. Sheridan, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston; with...
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