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What antibiotics treat infected stitches?

I have infected stitches. What antibiotics treat infected stitches?

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The treatment for infected stitches is to remove the stitches.
The stitches have to be removed and a topical triple antibiotic 2-3 times a day applied after washing area with soapy water Dove/Ivory/Dr Bronner's liquid Castile soap.
Flucloxacillin