Must be a bug bite, I told myself. I pushed the worry away ... I didn’t know that sepsis was my immune system’s out-of-control response to a skin infection that started on my shoulder and now was ...

Must be a bug bite, I told myself ... know that sepsis was my immune system’s out-of-control response to a skin infection that started on my shoulder and now was raging in my body.

Table 1. Microbiology and antimicrobial therapy of bite infections.

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Most of the management guidelines for the treatment of bite infections are based on expert opinion. The goals of therapy are to prevent or treat infection, as well as minimize soft tissue damage.

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