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38 yo male with right knee injury from trail bike fall Sunday. Hospitalized Wed with elevated temp, red swollen knee. 3 bags of IV vancomycin, redness has traveled to ankle and thigh. Scans neg for pus pockets. ID physician recommending Ortho MD do I&D. He feels conservative approach best course of action. Penicillin IV started this am, on second bag, vanc continues. Temp 102.3. Please advise.
Tue, 31 May 2016
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