Case Study

A 42-year-old man comes to the clinic with a chief complaint of pain, redness, and

swelling of his right calf. He states that he had been working in his yard using a string trimmer

when the trimmer slipped and cut his leg. He cleaned the wound with water from the garden hose

and covered the wound with a large Band-Aid. Several days later, he developed a fever to 100.6˚

F and chills and noticed that his leg was swollen and red. He comes to the emergency department

for definitive...