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Tetanus recommendations
For abscess I&D, most of us haven’t been thinking about antibiotic prophylaxis in patients at risk for infective endocarditis. According to my interpretation of table six of this guideline, we should be. “Antibiotic prophylaxis is reasonable for procedures on respiratory tract or infected skin, skin structures, or musculoskeletal tissue only for patients with underlying cardiac conditions associated with the highest risk of adverse outcome from IE (Table 3).”